Pakistan decries WikiLeaks release of U.S. military documents on Afghan war

Source: The Washington Post

KABUL -- Pakistani officials reacted angrily Monday to the publication of a trove of U.S. military documents that suggested Pakistan's spy agency collaborated with the Taliban, saying the United States is using their country as a scapegoat for its failing war.

Diplomats and officials dismissed the reports as rehashed falsehoods, but ones that could have damaging consequences for Pakistan's relations with the United States. Some expressed doubts about whether the United States could be trusted with sensitive information and questioned pledges of increased trust in Pakistan.

In Islamabad, Pakistan, a senior ISI official, speaking on the condition of anonymity according to agency custom, said it was still sifting through the documents. But the official said that the allegations did not sound new and that they appeared to contain no concrete evidence of ISI backing for the Afghan insurgency.

The official acknowledged, however, that some of the allegations sound "very damning" and could erode support in the United States for the alliance with Pakistan. If the CIA does not denounce the suggestions, the official said the ISI might need to reexamine its cooperation.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/26/AR2010072602393_pf.html

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That last line made me :rofl:

between ISI and the Taliban was not new news.

and uses terror as state policy.

Stopping all aid to Pakistan will destroy Taliban ... after all, armies march on their stomachs as Napoleon said.