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| US pressed Pakistan after Kabul attack amid reports Haqqani network was involved |
| 2016-04-24 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The United States pressed Pakistain to follow up on Islamabad’s expressed commitment not to discriminate between terror groups amid reports that the deadly Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... attack was plotted and carried out by the notorious Haqqani terrorist network. Elizabeth Trudeau, Director of Press Office for the State Department, said "We have consistently expressed our concerns at the highest level of the Government of Pakistain about their continued tolerance for Afghan Taliban groups such as the Haqqani Network operating from Pak soil." She was speaking during daily press briefing in Washington DC and responded to a question regarding the Kabul attack as reports suggest the deadly attack was plotted by the Pakistain-based Haqqani terrorist network. "And we did again ‐ after this week’s attack, we have pressed the Government of Pakistain to follow up on its expressed commitment not to discriminate between terror groups regardless of their agenda or their affiliation by undertaking concrete action against the Haqqanis," Trudeau added. At least 64 people were killed and 347 others were maimed in the attack on a unit of the Afghan intelligence in capital Kabul on Tuesday. The Taliban group grabbed credit behind the attack which followed days after the group announced its spring offensive, vowing to carry out more such attacks across the country. The attack was initially launched by detonating a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) near the Directorate of Security for Prominent Figures, triggering shootout between the remaining Death Eaters and Afghan cops. |
| Posted by:Fred |