• U.S. Officials: Pakistani Agents Helped Plan Kabul
  By Joby Warrick
  Washington Post Staff Writer
  Friday, August 1, 2008; Page A1
  
  U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that elements of Pakistan's military intelligence service provided logistical support to militants who staged last month's deadly car bombing at the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan's capital, U.S. officials familiar with the evidence said yesterday.
  
  The finding, based partly on communication intercepts, has dramatically heightened U.S. concerns about long-standing ties between Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, or ISI, and Taliban-allied groups that are battling U.S. forces in Afghanistan, according to two U.S. government officials briefed on the matter.
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• The New York Times:
  Pakistanis Aided Attack in Kabul, U.S. Officials Say
  By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT
  Friday, August 1, 2008, Page A1
  
  WASHINGTON � American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan�s powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India�s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government officials.
  
  Afghan and Indian officials removed a body from the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, after a bombing there on July 7.
  
  The conclusion was based on intercepted communications between Pakistani intelligence officers and militants who carried out the attack, the officials said, providing the clearest evidence to date that Pakistani intelligence officers are actively undermining American efforts to combat militants in the region.

The American officials also said there was new information showing that members of the Pakistani intelligence service were increasingly providing militants with details about the American campaign against them, in some cases allowing militants to avoid American missile strikes in Pakistan�s tribal areas.

Concerns about the role played by Pakistani intelligence not only has strained relations between the United States and Pakistan, a longtime ally, but also has fanned tensions between Pakistan and its archrival, India. Within days of the bombings, Indian officials accused the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, of helping to orchestrate the attack in Kabul, which killed 54, including an Indian defense attach�.

• Los Angeles Times:
  U.S. sees Pakistan link to Taliban bombing of embassy
  Officials believe members of the powerful ISI spy agency aided in the attack on India's mission in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  By Josh Meyer, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
  August 1, 2008

WASHINGTON -- American authorities believe that members of Pakistan's powerful intelligence service assisted the Taliban militants who bombed the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan last month, killing 60 people, a U.S. official confirmed Thursday.

The assessment that at least some elements of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency helped those responsible for the July 7 bombing has significantly deepened U.S. concerns over whether Pakistan can be trusted unequivocally as an ally in the U.S.-declared war on terrorism, according to the official.

That U.S. official and several U.S. intelligence and counter-terrorism authorities said in recent days that the subject of ISI support for the Taliban, affiliated extremists and even parts of Al Qaeda was a central issue in visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gillani's meetings this week with President Bush and other top administration officials.

The Taliban and other extremists operate out of tribal regions in Pakistan along the Afghan border, and Washington believes that the ISI in some cases helps provide them a haven there from which to plot and launch attacks.

• The Wall Street Journal:
  U.S. Ties Pakistani Intelligence to Attack in Kabul
  By JAY SOLOMON
  August 2, 2008; Page A9
  
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. government officials have concluded that elements of Pakistan's intelligence service, the Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, aided militants in an attack last month on India's embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  
  The U.S. made these conclusions based on telecommunications intercepts linking Pakistani intelligence officials to the Afghan insurgents, who operate out of the tribal regions linking Pakistan and Afghanistan. The U.S. officials said India's security services drew similar conclusions based on their own telecommunications intercepts and intelligence.
  
  The attack killed 58 people.
  
  "The Indians are absolutely convinced it's true, and they're right," said a U.S. official who has worked extensively on South Asia inside the Bush administration.
  
  The New York Times earlier reported U.S. fears about ISI involvement on its Web site Thursday.