Pakistan 'supported Kabul embassy attack' - Mike Mullen

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Pakistan 'supported Kabul embassy attack' - Mike Mullen

Source: BBC News

The most senior US military officer has accused Pakistan's spy agency of supporting the Haqqani group in last week's attack on the US Kabul embassy.

"The Haqqani network... acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency," Adm Mike Mullen told a Senate panel.

Some 25 people died in last Tuesday's 20-hour attack on Kabul's US embassy and other official buildings.

Pakistan's interior minister earlier denied links with the Haqqani group.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15024344

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Thu Sep-22-11 11:38 AM
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1. Of course giving Pakistan a ton of weapons hasn't really prevented terrorism in that region.

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