9.18.2011

U.S. diplomat: the Pakistani government linked to Haqqani, the Islamic militant network


Cameron Munter said the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan that there is evidence of an association between the Haqqani network of Islamic militant based in Pakistan and that it was behind the attacks in Kabul and included the U.S. embassy and the headquarters of NATO, "NATO" with the Pakistani government.
The radio quoted the Pakistani government told the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan Saturday as saying: "Let me tell you that the attack in Kabul a few days ago was caused by the Haqqani network
There is evidence linking the Haqqani network, the government of Pakistan. This is something that must stop. "
It is believed that the Haqqani network was behind a number of attacks in Afghanistan, where U.S. is planning to gradually withdraw its troops after a fierce war lasted ten years
Washington suspects for a long time that the Haqqani network to be supported from within the Pakistani government, but that her outspoken in its public statements is a reference to impatience.
The US-Pakistan relations deteriorated since U.S. special forces took upon themselves to do a raid, killing Osama bin Laden in Pakistani territory in the depth of the May / May last and in the vicinity of the major military academies for
The country
Munter's comments come after a warning from U.S. Secretary of Defense for Leon Panetta, who said after the Kabul attack the United States would respond to militants based in Pakistan.
The attackers fired rockets at the U.S. embassy and the headquarters of NATO in the Afghan capital, killing 15 people
"Once again we urge the Pakistanis to use their influence within the framework of this kind of attacks that come from the Haqqanis did not achieve much progress in this regard."

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