Haqqani network may be linked to Kabul suicide attack- officials

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/uk-afghanistan-attack-idUKTRE79U0J620111031

(Reuters) - The Haqqani network, which Washington has blamed for a series of attacks in Afghanistan, may have been involved in a weekend bombing in Kabul that was the deadliest ground attack against Western troops in 10 years of war, officials said on Monday.

The suicide bombing on Saturday, which killed 13 foreigners, came just days before Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and senior officials from its neighbours and its Western backers, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, were due to meet in Istanbul to discuss regional security.

The involvement of the Haqqani group, believed by Washington to be based in the mountains of North Waziristan on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, would make the already tough task of bringing Afghanistan and its neighbours together even more difficult.

"We don't have any information indicating a direct Haqqani link yet, but it's very possible it is Haqqani-related," a Western diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity.




***:eyes: no direct info -- but we will say so any way.

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1. time for another boogyman n/t

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2. The same way the dead bodies after a drone strike are called "suspected militants"