Haqqani faction ISI arm,did embassy attack: Mullen

The Haqqani network is one of three and perhaps the most feared allied insurgent factions fighting US-led NATO and Afghan troops under the Taliban banner in Afghanistan.

With ISI support,Haqqani operatives planned and conducted a September 11 truck bomb attack,as well as the assault on our embassy, Mullen said. We also have credible intelligence that they were behind the June 28 attack against the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul and a host of other smaller but effective operations.

Mullen said the embassy attack and Tuesdays bombing that killed a former Afghan president who personified hopes for brokering peace negotiations with the Taliban,were examples of the Talibans shift towards high-profile violence.MISSY RYAN amp; SUSAN CORNWELL