Pakistan to ‘weed out’ Taliban sympathisers in govt
Published: Sunday, 3 August, 2008
The suicide bombing came against a background of concern inside Pakistan that India is trying to build up its presence in Afghanistan, which Islamabad regards as its area of influence.
The CIA’s deputy director, Stephen Kappes, visited Pakistan last month to put before the government what he claimed was evidence of links between the ISI and the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
His trip follows one in January by other senior CIA staff demanding that Pakistan does more to clamp down on the Taliban and Al Qaeda and to help track down Osama bin Laden.
The New York Times has reported US intelligence agencies had intercepted communications between ISI officers and militants who attacked the embassy.
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