Tag Archives : ISI

Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan has less to do with military action than ‘turning the war over to the Afghans.’ ‘The challenge lies in leveling the playing field by inserting operatives into the Taliban. Since the Afghan intelligence services are inherently insecure, they can’t carry out such missions. American personnel bring technical intelligence [...]

In a classified and a highly secured facility, 5 members of the a terrorist organization were taken to trial in a court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, in what has been termed as Islamabad’s first steps towards taking concrete actions against the perpetrators who had been identified by both Indian and the United States authorities, as the plotters of [...]

To say that the present conflict in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province is bloody is an understatement. While more than a thousand have been killed, there are at least 2 million people displaced. All these sacrifices will be for naught if Pakistan does not restrategize its ambitions in Afghanistan and Indian Kashmir. The country also has to reform [...]

It seems that the Taliban gets ammunition, money, and training from the people expected to eradicate them. The powerful and influential secret service of Pakistan (ISI) provides crucial support to different factions of the Taliban fighting in Afghanistan, as published by The New York Times, quoting U.S. and Pakistani sources in Washington and Islamabad. The [...]

Pakistan has exhibited lackadaisical measures to stem terrorism. This has resulted in the country’s negative reputation of being a coddler of terrorists. Ergo, a hotbed of terrorism. India calls this treatment as ‘catch and release’ approach to the problem. Pakistan just goes through the motions of temporary detentions and light prosecutions, [...]