July 20, 2011 2:11 PM

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Pakistan's ISI funnels dollars to influence US policy in Kashmir:FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI today said that Pakistan's ISI funneled millions of dollars for more than two decades to influence US policy on Kashmir. America's top investigating agency said this after arresting a prominent Kashmiri separatist leader Ghulam Nabi Fai for illegally lobbying for Pakistan. Special Agent Sarah Webb Linden, said that the investigation has led her to conclude that Fai has acted at the direction and with financial support of the Government of Pakistan for more than 20 years.An affidavit was filed by the FBI in a US Court in Alexandria, wherein Fai, was produced hours after being arrested by the federal agency on charges of illegally lobbying for the spy agency ISI and Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir. The 43-page affidavit filed in connection with indictment of Fai and another US citizen Zaheer Ahmad , as agents of Pakistan says, Fai is the director of the Kashmiri American Council, a Washington-based group that lobbies for self-determination for Kashmir. Its activities are funded by ISI and the money includes 1 lakh dollars given to political campaigns every year.Foreign governments are prohibited from making donations to American political candidates.

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