16 April 2016

News Story: Pakistan rejects claims of involvment in terror attack

ISLAMABAD, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Friday rejected claims in the declassified documents of the United States government that the country's intelligence agency may have provided the funding for a 2009 suicide attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan.

"Allegations in the media on Pakistan's involvement are preposterous," Pakistan's foreign ministry said.

Seven CIA officers were killed when a Jordanian intelligence operative, Hammam Khalil Mohammed, who was playing the role of a double agent, carried out the attack.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan had claimed responsibility for the attack. Then Taliban chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, was appeared in a video along with the suspected bomber.

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