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"This is not Charlie Wilson's war. This is Benazir Bhutto's war."
The dilemma for Washington has been heightened by U.S. officials' reported suspicions that Pakistan's powerful intelligence service, ISI, was involved in a July suicide bombing of the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan. Pakistan has denied a connection to the bombing, though a government spokeswoman conceded Friday that "individuals" within the spy agency might be sympathetic to the militants and that Pakistan needs to "weed them out."
Administration officials worry that Pakistan's government does not have enough control over the military or ISI to take action against the militant extremists who populate the country's lawless regions near the Afghan border. "The problem seems to be growing faster than they can handle," a senior administration official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.