Who's Really Behind The Kabul Attacks? -- Christian Science Monitor
The Taliban claim responsibility for recent Kabul attacks, but the US pins blame specifically on the Pakistan-based Haqqani network in what some see it as a bid to salvage Taliban peace talks.
US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker blamed the Taliban faction known as the Haqqani Network for a 20-hour terror attack in the heart of Kabul, despite broader Taliban claims of responsibility.
Some analysts view the US coalition’s focus on blaming the Haqqani faction for many recent attacks around Kabul to be a tactic to salvage nascent peace negotiations with the Taliban's more mainstream leaders.
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