ISI exporting violence to Afghanistan: US

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The US military’s top officer bluntly accused Pakistan on Thursday of “exporting” violent extremism to Afghanistan by backing militants that attack American and NATO troops.
Admiral Mike Mullen said the country’s main intelligence agency ISI was actively supporting Haqqani network militants blamed for an assault on the US embassy in Kabul last week.
“The Haqqani Network, for one, acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency,” Mullen told the US Senate Armed Services Committee.
With ISI backing, Haqqani militants this month carried out a truck bombing on a NATO base in Afghanistan that wounded 77 Americans; assaulted the US embassy and NATO headquarters in the Afghan capital; and in June staged an attack on the Inter Continental Hotel in Kabul.
“In choosing to use violent extremism as an instrument of policy, the government of Pakistan — and most especially the Pakistani Army and ISI — jeopardizes not only the prospect of our strategic partnership, but also Pakistan’s opportunity to be a respected nation with legitimate regional influence,” he said.
“By exporting violence, they have eroded their internal security and their position in the region. They have undermined their international credibility and threatened their economic well-being,” he added.
Mullen, who is due to step down at the end of the month as chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff after four years, defended his efforts to build a dialogue with the Pakistani military.
He said more than a dozen meetings with army chief General Ashfaq Kayani were crucial despite Islamabad’s refusal to meet Washington’s demands.

13 COMMENTS

  1. Americans are the most unreliable when it comes to building a relationship. This is not the first time that they are ditching us. Still, we do not learn. We must try to stand up on our feet. Key is in the hands of businessmen and agriculturists. If they start paying due taxes, we can be truly a free nation. The most unfortunate part is that in all likelihood, they are not going to discharge their responsibilities. They are almost as unreliable as the American dogs.

  2. And
    America needs to mind their own business. How dare they blame us /ISI , when they created violence in Iraq ad Afghanistan, Russia etc etc etc countries. And funded violence world over as well.

    All these power hungry unethical people, and we blame each other.

  3. Mr huzaifa gujrat ke marnewale musalman kuch bhi nahi,jitne musalmano ne hinduon ko mara hai uska kya,tali ek hat se nahi bajti kabhi,pichle hazar sal ki hisab dekhe to samaj ayega,aurangjeb,babar,alluddin khilji,ghori mohammad jaise logon ne kya kiya,hindu bhi insan hai aur musalman bhi lekin masab hi insaniyat bangayi hai ham me,josh me kuch bhi likhne me maja ata hai lekin haqiqat kuch aur hoti hai…

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