Click to play videoIslamabad: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday gave clean chit to Pakistan over Osama bin Laden's presence in the country.
"US expects decisive action by Pakistan against terrorist groups operating from its soil," said Clinton.
Aimed at resolving tensions raised by the killing of Osama bin Laden near Islamabad, Hillary Clinton on Friday arrived in Pakistan on a surprise visit.
Clinton was accompanied by US joint chiefs of staff Mike Mullen.
She is likely to meet Pakistani President Asif Ali zardari, Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani and the chief of Pakistan's powerful intelligence agency Ahmad Shuja Pasha.
"There have been times when we've had differences. There have been times when we wanted to push harder. For various reasons they have not. Those differences are real but the fact is that the international community has been able to kill more terrorists on Pakistani soil than anywhere else. We could not have done that without Pakistani co-operation," said Clinton.
She is expected to pressure the Pakistan government to take more steps to flush out terrorists from the country.
Clinton will hold "sober" talks about the need for Pakistan to root out terrorists, a senior US State Department official told CNN.
The Pakistanis "are on thin ice", another senior unnamed official said.
Unlike previous visits in which Clinton unveiled initiatives for US assistance to Pakistan, the officials said she will warn that American aid "is in jeopardy" unless
Pakistan makes progress on several key US points.
Clinton will lay out "certain benchmarks" for the Pakistani government to meet, they said.
Specifically, Clinton will tell the Pakistani leaders that the US is looking for the country to demonstrate its willingness to go after senior al-Qaeda targets, take action against factories producing improvised explosive devices for use against US troops in Afghanistan and to support Taliban reconciliation, the officials said.
Clinton's visit comes a day after the US announced it was withdrawing some of its military personnel from Pakistan at Islamabad's request.
The Pentagon said it had received a request from the Pakistan government to reduce military presence in the country.
The Pakistan government described the May 2 US raid that killed bin Laden as a violation of its sovereignty.
Prime Minister Gilani warned that Pakistan will respond with "full force" to any future unilateral American raids.
(With additional information from PTI)
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