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US wants to weaken Pakistan govt over Haqqanis: Taliban

Rediff.com27 Sep 2011

In an unusual step, the Afghan Taliban on Tuesday batted for Pakistan over the issue of Inter-Services Intelligence-backed terror strikes in Afghanistan, claiming that the United States "wants to spread chaos in Pakistan" and weaken its government.

ISI made Haqqani Taliban's No 2 to protect him from US: Report

Rediff.com8 May 2016

Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence had brought in Haqqani network's chief Sirajuddin Haqqani as the deputy leader of the Taliban last year to protect him from the Americans, a media report said on Sunday.