On Board Special Aircraft, July 23 - Differing with the US assessment about Islamabad's change in approach towards terrorism, India Thursday asked Pakistan to 'show the same force' in fighting anti-India terrorists like Lashkar-e-Taiba as it has done in combating the Taliban and other anti-West militants.

Dismissive of reports in the Pakistani media about a dossier presented to India about its alleged role in fomenting trouble in Balochistan and in the Lahore attack, Krishna said New Delhi does not react to speculation.

Krishna met his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the ASEAN Regional Meeting, but they just exchanged greetings, and left the bilateral talks for their interaction on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September.

'Pakistan has taken certain steps like fighting the Taliban in the Swat valley,' External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna told journalists when asked if Islamabad was showing the same commitment in fighting terrorists who target India like Lashkar-e-Taiba as it was doing in tackling anti-West militants.

'We expect Pakistan should go after the terrorists, who are targeting India, with the same force,' he said.

'That's the US' perception,' Krishna replied when asked to comment on US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's appreciation of Pakistan's 'evolving commitment' to combating terrorism in the last six months.

During her five-day visit to India that ended Tuesday, Clinton repeatedly stressed that Islamabad was showing real commitment to fighting terrorism - remarks that were greeted with scepticism in India.

Krishna was interacting with journalists while returning from the Thai island resort of Phuket, where he participated in the India-ASEAN ministerial meeting and ASEAN Regional Forum meeting.

Asked about Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) chief Hafeez Saeed, suspected to be a mastermind of the Nov 26 Mumbai terrorist attacks, Krishna said Pakistani authorities had made an appeal in court against his recent release. 'The law should take its course,' he said.

'Pakistan should take action against any head of a terrorist organisation working against India,' he added.