Other militant operations in the last year have targeted tourists and hotels in Tunisia, Turkey, Egypt and elsewhere.
The ISI admits to some contact with insurgents, but insists it has no influence over militant operations.
The steady campaign of kidnappings in the region, believed to be carried out to finance militant operations, was painful for many reasons.
The Taliban recently warned Mehsud civilians against returning to their homes, apparently believing that their presence could hamper militant operations in the area.
The army maintains a division of soldiers in North Waziristan, but, the militant said, the Pakistani soldiers do little to hinder militant operations, which, though under greater pressure from the drones, have by no means stopped.
Discussion of Islamic militant operations in Mali and Algeria dominated the unscheduled meeting, senior U.S. defense officials said, though the two also discussed budget issues, Syria, Iran and how they can work with other countries to address counter-terrorism.
Meanwhile officials with the LeT's charity wing, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, travelled to Saudi Arabia seeking donations for new schools at vastly inflated costs – then siphoned off the excess money to fund militant operations.
Kidnapping has become a major source of revenue and propaganda for the Pakistani Taliban and associated militant factions based in North and South Waziristan, the tribal agencies at the heart of militant operations that have borne the brunt of American drone strikes in recent years.
Thought to be in his mid-30s, Mr. Haqqani runs the Haqqani network's day-to-day militant operations, handles high-profile kidnappings and manages its lucrative smuggling operations, according to a recent report by the Combating Terrorism Center, an independent, privately financed research and educational institution at West Point.
