"What I can tell you is that we have seen some reports from the region. Those reports include that Indian and Pakistani militaries have been in communication with one another and we encourage continued discussions between India and Pakistan to avoid escalation," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters at his daily news conference. This comes after the news of the surgical strikes India conducted on terrorist launchpads. Pakistan's insistence that there was no such surgical strike by India gave Washington an easy way out. But there was no mistaking where the US put the responsibility for rising tensions. "We've repeatedly expressed our concerns regarding the danger that terrorism poses to the region. And we all know that terrorism, in many ways, knows no border. We continue to urge actions to combat and delegitimize terrorist groups like LeT and the Haqqani Network, Jaish-e-Mohammad," State Department spokesman John Kirby said when asked about India's actions. Earnest said the US National Security Advisor Susan Rice spoke to her Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on Thursday and asked to "combat and delegitimise" UN-designated terrorist entities, including LeT and JeM.