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Pakistan investigating Shahzad’s link to Waziristan

By IRNA,

Islamabad : Pakistan’s military warned Wednesday it had yet to establish a link between Pakistani-American charged with trying to bomb New York and country’s main militant stronghold in Waziristan.

Army spokesman Athar Abbas told AFP that a link between Faisal Shahzad and Waziristan had “yet to be established”.

“Until and unless the link is established, it will be premature to say that he had gone there,” he said.

According to the US criminal complaint, Shahzad admitted “after his arrest that he had received bomb-making training in Waziristan, Pakistan.”

“As for the TTP claim, anybody can get up and claim anything. We have to see the capability and reach of the organisation… so that is questionable,” said Abbas, spokesman for the military, which controls the intelligence agencies.

TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud appeared in two videos purportedly made last month in which he threatened to attack US cities.