All options reserve to get Omar: Kerry

WASHINGTON: US Senator John Kerry said that Washington would consider all options if it get to know that reclusive chief of the Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar's is in Pakistan.

"The United States government will always reserve all of its options to be able to protect our people. Other plots have been conducted and organised and planned out of Pakistan. It is really critical that we talk with the Pakistanis as friends," Kerry said.

Kerry said Pakistan itself was a victim of extremism and faced its own tough decisions but that the killing of bin Laden provided a new opportunity.

"Sometimes those choices can be very difficult for people to make because of the pressures that they're under and the violence that occurs," he said.

"We respect and understand that, but this is the time, this is a critical time to find a better way forward and we hope that we're going to be able to do that."