In November 2011 ISI uncovered the links between CIA & then Pakistani Ambassador to USA @husainhaqqani .
He was on CIA payroll and passing on sensitive information to USA. He was also a close friend of Then Pres Zardari. On seeing evidence & under pressure from the army
Zardari agreed to remove Hussain Haqqani from his post. Haqqani left his pot on 22nd of November and on 26 of November a Pakistani army post on Mohmand agency border with Afghanistan was attacked by US forces, martyring 24 Pakistani soldiers. The infamous #Salalaattack
It was a revenge attack to show Pakistan army that USA is unhappy with army for disbanding the CIA network in Pakistan. Salala attack was not the first of it's kind, the US forces in Afghanistan had launched at least 3 similar attacks before Salala.
The previous attacks were warning shots and did not cause much damage. But removal of Haqqani caused much grief to CIA & resulted in Salala massacre. As a result , Pakistan completely stopped supply lines for the 100 thousand plus US and NATO soldiers in Afghanistan.
USA had to look for other supply routes which increased costs to 10 times higher. The move resulted in substantial reduction in US Military presence in Afghanistan. They had to reduce troops numbers from 100k to less than 20k.
In Salala the Pakistan army lost 24 soldiers.
but events after Salala forced USA to reduce their presence in Afghanistan, causing much greater losses to USA and continuing to this date.
No wonder USA still blames Pakistan for their defeat in Afghan war. Cc @husainhaqqani
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