US and Pakistan in war of words

The most senior US military officer has accused Pakistan's spy agency of supporting the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network in last week's attack on the US Kabul embassy.

Admiral Mike Mullen, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, said the Haqqani group "acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency".

Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler spoke with Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan's foreign minister, to gauge her reaction to the claims made against the country's spy agency.

Khar has warned that if the US continues to alienate Pakistan, it could risk losing an ally.

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