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August 1st, 2008

U.S. sees Pakistan tie to bombing

Posted: 03:27 PM ET

WASHINGTON (CNN) - The United States believes that some members of Pakistan's spy service provided support for the deadly bombing last month of India's embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, a U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN Friday.

The official said the evidence is not strong enough to draw a firm conclusion but there is a "strong suspicion" the Taliban was behind the attack, and that some unspecified aid came from Pakistan's Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI.

The New York Times, sourcing U.S. government officials, reported Friday the United States intercepted communications between Pakistani intelligence officers and militants who carried out the attack.

The official would not say how the intelligence was gathered, but he said that the evidence was presented to senior Pakistani officials by a top CIA official, Deputy Director Stephen Kappes


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