U.S. Blames Kabul Assault on Pakistan-Based Group

KABUL, Afghanistan — Raising the death toll sharply, American and Afghan officials said Wednesday that the complexity and execution of the siege of the American Embassy and NATO’s headquarters in Kabul bore the hallmarks of a militant group based in Pakistan that has become one of the American military’s most implacable foes. - U.S. Blames Kabul Assault on Pakistan-Based Group nytimes