ISI has links with Haqqani network: US General

April 17, 2013 04:05

A top American commander today said that the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network have sanctuaries inside Pakistan and there are intelligence reports about their link with the spy agency ISI.

"There have been intelligence reports that link the ISI particularly to the Haqqani network," Joseph Dunford, Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, told members of Senate Armed Services Committee during a Congressional hearing on Afghanistan.

Responding to a question from Senator Donnelly, Dunford said he was not clear over what control the Pakistan Army is over the ISI.

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