“The government of Pakistan and most especially the Pakistani army and
ISI” have chosen “to use violent extremism as an instrument of policy”
to maintain leverage over Afghanistan’s future, Mullen testified during a
hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Defense Secretary Leon
E. Panetta also testified.
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