Pakistain's powerful military responded to accusations from the United States that its spy service was tied to a violent turban faction of the Afghan insurgency as "very unfortunate and not based on facts.""While taking note of the recent statements made by Admiral Mullen, chairman joint chief of staff United States, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI...
, termed these as very unfortunate and not based on facts," the military said in a statement released on Friday night in Rawalpindi.
He said that the allegations are especially disturbing in view of a rather constructive meeting with Admiral Mullen in Spain.
"On the specific question of contacts with Haqqanis, the (chief of army staff) said that Admiral Mullen knows fully well which all countries are in contact with the Haqqanis. Singling out Pakistain is neither fair nor productive."
| "We didn't do it. You can't prove it - and in any case, we weren't the only ones." |
| "And we'll never do it again." |
Mullen, speaking in Senate testimony on Thursday, alleged Haqqani operatives launched an attack last week on the US embassy in Kabul with the support of Pakistain's military intelligence.