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Thursday, June 17, 2010
US presents Pakistan with evidence on Haqqani network
WASHINGTON: The US has presented evidence to the government that the Haqqani faction, that is aligned with the Taliban and based in Pakistan, orchestrated brazen attacks last month in Afghanistan, a top general said on Wednesday.
The US has long pressed the Pakistani military to crack down on the so-called Haqqani faction in North Waziristan, but Islamabad has so far balked at doing so.
General David Petraeus, who oversees the Afghan war as head of US Central Command, told a Senate hearing that he, the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, raised Haqqani links in a recent meeting with Chief of the Army Staff Ashfaq Kayani.
“We have shared information with him about links of the leadership of the Haqqani network located in North Waziristan that clearly commanded and controlled the operation against Bagram airbase and the attack in Kabul, among others,” Petraeus said. reuters
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk