PERTH, Australia - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Pakistan should do more to stop the rise in terrorist violence in neighboring Afghanistan.

Rice says there has been an uptick in terrorism recently in Afghanistan, and that Islamabad must help in preventing militants from organizing attacks into Afghanistan from Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province.

Rice was speaking to reporters Friday during a trip to Australia, whose foreign minister agreed Pakistan should help end militant activity in the restive border region between the two countries.