RAWALPINDI MEETING - U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Pakistani Gen. Khalid Shameem Wynne, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, April 20, 2011. Mullen is visiting the Central Command area of operation to support a USO tour to the region and visit counterparts and service members in the area. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeleyMullen Accuses Pakistan Of Keeping Terrorist Links -- McClatchy News
LAHORE, Pakistan — The American military's top officer used an interview on Pakistani television Wednesday night to accuse the country's spy agency of supporting an Afghan insurgent group that's blamed for killing U.S. and Afghan forces, as well as civilians, in some of the bloodiest attacks in Afghanistan.
The remarks by Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chefs of Staff, were the first time a senior U.S. official has issued in such blunt terms in public what U.S. officials privately have long charged is Pakistani double-dealing on the war against Islamic militants in Afghanistan.
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