After the meeting, Holbrooke said reports from Pakistan’s restive Swat Valley indicated “common threats” for Pakistan, India and the US.
Mukherjee and Holbrooke — the US Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan — are understood to have at least briefly discussed the next steps after Islamabad acted on India’s evidence-dossier.
But Holbrooke’s main agenda was discussing peace and stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan, particularly in the troubled tribal areas that border Afghanistan.
He reached New Delhi on Sunday night after travelling in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
His arrival here coincided with reports of a 10-day ceasefire between the Pakistani armed forces and the local Taliban in Swat Valley.
Also, media reports said the Pakistan government had agreed to the imposition of the Shariat in tribal areas.
Almost simultaneously, a Chinese engineer abducted by militants in Pakistan’s northwest was released, reportedly in exchange for jailed militant leaders.
“For the first time in 60 years since Independence, your country, Pakistan and the US all face an enemy which causes direct threats to our leaderships, our capitals and our people,” Holbrooke told reporters.
Neither he nor the Indian authorities had any additional information on Swat: the ceasefire came while he was travelling, he said.
“We exchanged views,” Holbrooke said after the meeting with Mukherjee. “I carried no messages or guidance. I just wanted to hear the views of India on a wide range of issues.”