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| US general blames ISI for rising insurgency |
| 2009-09-23 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] A top US commander claims to have evidence that elements within Pakistani intelligence were supporting pro-Taliban militants against the NATO troops in Afghanistan. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top US general in Afghanistan, alleges that factions of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) were contributing to efforts by the external forces working to undermine US interests in the war-ravaged country, Los Angeles Times reported "Afghanistan's insurgency is clearly supported from Pakistan," McChrystal wrote in a report delivered to the White House this week, according to the paper. Referring to the classified version of the report, the LA Times added that senior leaders of major Taliban groups are "reportedly aided by some elements of Pakistan's ISI" However, McChrystal did not elaborate on the nature of the assistance. McChrystal comments come despite reports that one of ISI's own facilities in eastern city of Lahore had been the target of a suicide bombing in recent months. Senior US and western officials have stepped up suggestions of links between the ISI and the insurgent groups in the past years. This is while the Pakistani government has repeatedly claimed to have severed such ties in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The ISI has been a key US partner in the capture of a number of high-level Al Qaeda operatives in the troubled region. Senior military and civilian officials in Islamabad say that NATO's wrong policies in Afghanistan as well as US's repeated drone attacks against targets within Pakistani borders were to be blamed for increased militancy in Pakistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 how about a JDAM for the ISI hq? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-09-23 16:55 |