CIA accuses Pakistan of 'backing militants' WASHINGTON: A senior CIA official this month confronted Pakistani officials over ties between the country's intelligence service and militants in the tribal areas, a US-based newspaper reported Wednesday. Earlier this year, the US military pressed for Pakistani troops to hit the Haqqani network in the tribal areas."It was a very pointed message saying, 'Look, we know there's a connection, not just with Haqqani but also with the other bad guys and ISI, and we think you could do more and we want you to do more about it," a senior US officials told the newspaper, referring to Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence agency.