Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the Pakistan-based Haqqani Network will now be designated as a terrorist organization by the US Department of State. The Haqqanis are a Pashtun tribe in southeastern Afghanistan and Pakistan who have been blamed for attacks on the US Embassy in Kabul and other major bombings in Afghanistan. The US has also accused Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the ISI, of supporting the Haqqani network as part of a politically motivated power grab.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/us-usa-security-haqqani-idUSBRE88606I20120907
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