U.S. Says Kabul Embassy Hit by Group Tied to Pakistan’s Army
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Top American officials blamed a Taliban faction with ties to Pakistan’s military intelligence agency for the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and said the Obama administration will not accept its haven in Pakistan.
The attackers who seized a building under construction and fired rocket-propelled grenades into the embassy came from the Jalaluddin Haqqani group, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker told reporters in Kabul after Afghan forces ended the 20-hour siege yesterday. The Haqqani fighters operate largely from a sanctuary in Pakistan’s borderland with Afghanistan.