Pakistan 'backed Haqqani attack on Kabul'-Mike Mullen

When the former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in support of its Communist government it seem to the world at large that within weeks the Red Army would provide the necessary support for the current government to remain in power. Soviet troops with the backing of the Afghan army were never able to stabilize the country as home grown insurgency emerged. That insurgency was vastly out gunned by the Soviet army they were, with the aid of weapons supplied by among others the C.I.A forced the the Soviet Union to withdrawal there troops in 1988. Considering their mission complete the U.S. and its western allies left Afghanistan to its own devises thus creating a power vacuum which Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) was only to help to fill. Thus the Taliban was born through the efforts of the ISI which provided training and weapons. With that support the Taliban was able to gain control of Afghanistan. Even after their defeat in October of 2001 the ISI was accused along with the Pakistani of providing continued support to the Taliban.

"The Haqqani network... acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency," Adm Mike Mullen told a Senate panel. Some 25 people died in last Tuesday's 20-hour attack on Kabul's US embassy and other official buildings. Pakistan's interior minister earlier denied links with the Haqqani group. Rehman Malik told the BBC Pakistan was determined to fight all militants based on its border with Afghanistan. Pakistani officials have consistently denied links with militant groups. US-Pakistan ties deteriorated sharply after the killing of al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden on Pakistani soil by US commandos in Ma