Rawalpindi: ISI has contacts with Haqqani network but it does not mean that Pakistan Army supports the network, says Major General Athar Abbas in a surprise move late on Saturday night.
Pakistan’s military spokesman in a statement said that Islamabad’s prime intelligence agency – Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) – has contacts with the Haqqani group but it does not mean that it supports the network.
He said US Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Admiral Mike Mullen’s statement in which he accused ISI of being behind the Kabul attacks was baseless.
Major Abbas said having contacts with any group just for the sake of peace was entirely different from supporting anyone. He added that maintaining ties with rival groups was necessary for intelligence agencies.
Pakistan is not the only country, which has contacts with Haqqani network, he said, adding; “We have solid information that several countries have contacts with the group.”
He said dens of Haqqani network were in Nooristan and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan.
He added that any unilateral US operation inside Pakistan would provoke severe anti-America sentiments.
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