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Pakistan Aided Kabul Embassy Attack: US

Messages between militants and spy agency intercepted

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 1, 2008 5:33 AM CDT

(Newser) – American intelligence has determined that members of Pakistan's powerful spy agency helped to plan July's bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul, reports the New York Times. US authorities based their findings on intercepted messages between the attackers and Pakistani intelligence officers. American officials also... Read full story »

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