Geo Pakistan

US calls on Pakistan to break with Haqqani network   WASHINGTON: White House spokesman Jay Carney on Friday called on Pakistan to "break any link they have" with the Haqqani terror network, blamed for attacks in Afghanistan including the recent strike on the US embassy in Kabul. "We know that the Haqqani network was responsible for the attacks on our embassy in Kabul," Carney said. "We know that the Haqqani network operates from safe havens in Pakistan, and that the government of Pakistan has not taken action against those safe havens. This has been a longstanding concern of the United States, and one that we discussed with Pakistan, in public and in private," he said. Carney said that it was "critical" that Pakistan "break any links they have and take strong and immediate action against this network so they are no longer a threat to the United States or to the people of Pakistan." Islamabad on Friday warned Washington that it could lose an ally if it continues to publicly accuse them of exporting violence to Afghanistan through proxies like the Haqqanis. Earlier top US military officer Admiral Mike Mullen has called the Haqqani network a "veritable arm" of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.(AFP)