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US: Pakistan ISI Has Links with Militants

   VOA News  April 20, 2011
   U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, left,
   listens to Pakistan's Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General
   Khalid Shameem Wynne during a meeting in Rawalpindi, Pakistan,, April
   20, 2011

Photo: AP Photo/Inter Services Public Relations

   In this photo released by Inter Services Public Relations, U.S.
   Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, left, listens
   to Pakistan's Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid
   Shameem Wynne during a meeting in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday,
   April 20, 2011.

   The top U.S. military officer says Pakistan's intelligence agency still
   has connections to militants fighting in Afghanistan.
   Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told
   Pakistani media Wednesday that some members of the Inter-Services
   Intelligence agency have a long-standing relationship with the Haqqani
   militant network. Officials have for years suspected the ties, which
   Pakistan denies.
   Mullen arrived in Islamabad earlier Wednesday for a two-day visit that
   includes talks with Pakistani Army Chief Ashfaq Kayani.
   The visit comes amid tensions between the two countries following the
   arrest of a CIA contractor in Pakistan, a series of deadly drone
   attacks in Pakistan's northwest, and a White House report that
   criticized Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts.
   The admiral said he discussed the issue of drone strikes with Kayani
   but did not comment on whether the United States will continue its
   campaign against militants in Pakistan's tribal region.
   U.S. officials have never publicly acknowledged the use of drone
   strikes inside Pakistan, but privately they have confirmed their
   existence to various news outlets.
   On Monday, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani called for an
   end to the drone attacks, saying the United States should share
   intelligence so Pakistan can take action against terrorists on its own
   soil.
   His comments came during a meeting in Islamabad with a U.S.
   congressional delegation led by the speaker of the U.S. House of
   Representatives, John Boehner.

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