is the case with Afghanistan. Retired Admiral Mike Mullen told the US Senate Armed Services Committee on 22-Sept-2011 as follows: 'The fact remains that the Quetta Shura and the Haqqani Network operate from Pakistan with impunity. (These) Extremist organizations serving as proxies of the government of Pakistan are attacking Afghan troops and civilians as well as U.S. soldiers. For example, we believe the Haqqani Network -- which has long enjoyed the support and protection of the Pakistani government and is, in many ways, a strategic arm of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency -- is responsible for the September 13th attacks against the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. There is ample evidence confirming that the Haqqanis were behind the June 28th, 2011 attack against the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul and the September 10th, 2011 truck bomb attack that killed five Afghans and injured another 96 individuals, 77 of whom were U.S. soldiers. The actions by the Pakistani government to support them (Quetta Shura and the Haqqani Network ) -- actively and passively -- represent a growing problem that is undermining U.S. interests (in Afghanistan).' Following are the verbatim quotes from what Gen (rtd) Jack Keane said at a discussion on Afghanistan organized by the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think-tank on 6/30/2011: 1. "The truth is, the (Pakistani) ISI aids and abets the sanctuaries in Pakistan that the Afghan (Taliban) operate out of. They (ISI) provide training for them, they provide resources for them and they provide intelligence for them.