Taliban Bomber Waited Days to Give Afghan Peace Envoy Lethal Hug

Mullen said the U.S. will take “appropriate action” against further Haqqani attacks on its forces, while declining to offer details. Since January 2008, nearly a quarter of the 254 U.S. missile strikes in Taliban-dominated areas of Pakistan have targeted Haqqani's guerrillas, according to a database maintained by the Long War Journal, a U.S.-based monitoring group.