US Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday said they have a proof that shows that Pakistan Taliban group closely allied with al-Qaida was behind the attempted bombing in New York’s Times Square. Holder, in an interview on ABC television’s “This Week,” said there was nothing to suggest the Pakistani government was aware of the plot.
“We’ve now developed evidence that show the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attack,” Holder said.”We know that they helped facilitate it. We know that they probably helped finance it. And that he was working at their direction,” he said,
referring to Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistan-born naturalized American who is now under arrest.Shahzad, 30, was arrested last Monday, two days after authorities say he parked a crude car bomb in New York’s busy Times Square. Authorities say he has been cooperating in the investigation.
Holder said the Obama administration was satisfied for now with the level of assistance it was getting from Pakistani authorities in the investigation of the attempted bombing.
