By Joby Warrick, Washington Post, October 20, 2011, 9:00am EDT

KABUL — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Pakistan on Thursday to eradicate terrorist safe havens inside its borders, saying there would be a “very big price” for inaction against militant groups staging attacks in Afghanistan.

Clinton’s tough words for Pakistani leaders came hours before the arrival in Islamabad of an unusually large delegation of U.S. officials, led by Clinton, to pressure Pakistan to take on the Haqqani network, a Pakistan-based Afghan militant group blamed for assassinations of Afghan leaders and a brazen attack last month on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul....

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Pakistan forces kill 34 militants in northwest
By Zeeshan Haider, Reuters, October 20, 2011 10:13am EDT

ISLAMABAD  - Pakistani paramilitary forces killed 34 Taliban militants in clashes in the restive tribal region on the Afghan border Thursday, the military said, as U.S. pressure mounted on its ally to crackdown hard on militants.

The clash in Khyber came just hours before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was expected to arrive in Islamabad to deliver a tough warning to Pakistan that it must cut what Washington says are links to militant group....