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ISI backing Taleban's comeback: NYT report Web posted at: 1/22/2007 1:43:40 Source ::: AFP WASHINGTON . Western diplomats and Pakistani opposition figures say that Pakistani intelligence agencies, particularly the Inter-Services Intelligence and Military Intelligence, have been supporting a comeback by the Taleban, The New York Times reported yesterday. The newspaper said the Pakistani services were motivated not only by Islamic fervor but also by a longstanding view that the jihadist movement allows them to assert greater influence on Pakistan's vulnerable western flank. Dozens of interviews with residents on each side of the porous border leave little doubt that Quetta is an important base for the Taleban, and there are many signs that Pakistani authorities are encouraging the insurgents, if not sponsoring them, The Times said. Three families whose sons had died as suicide bombers in Afghanistan said they were afraid to talk about the deaths because of pressure from Pakistani intelligence agents, the report said. Local people say dozens of families have lost sons in Afghanistan as suicide bombers and fighters. One former Taleban commander said in an interview that he had been jailed by Pakistani intelligence officials because he would not go to Afghanistan to fight, the paper reported. He said that, for Western and local consumption, his arrest had been billed as part of Pakistan's crackdown on the Taleban in Pakistan. Former Taleban members who have refused to fight in Afghanistan have been arrested -- or even mysteriously killed -- after resisting pressure to re-enlist in the Taleban, the paper said, citing unnamed Pakistani and Afghan tribal elders said. "The Pakistanis are actively supporting the Taleban," The Times quotes a Western diplomat working in Kabul as saying. He said he had seen an intelligence report of a recent meeting on the Afghan border between a senior Taleban commander and a retired colonel of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence, the reported said. Pakistanis and Afghans interviewed on the frontier, frightened by the long reach of Pakistan's intelligence agencies, spoke only with assurances that they would not be named, The Times said. Even then, they spoke cautiously. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
