Thousands of secret US military records leaked by a website confirm that Pakistan's ISI was actually aiding the Afghan insurgency with a wing operating against Afghanistan and India given broad functional autonomy. Some 98,000 documents leaked by Wikileaks suggest Pakistan allows representatives of its spy agency to meet directly with the Taliban in secret strategy sessions to organize networks of militant groups that fight against American soldiers in Afghanistan and even hatch plots to assassinate Afghan leaders. The report published by three newspapers including New York Times said the C.I.A.’s deputy director Stephen R. Cappes confronted Pakistani officials with evidence that the ISI helped plan the deadly suicide bombing outside India’s Embassy in Kabul in July 2008. In other instances, American intelligence learned that the Haqqani network sent bombers at the ISI’s behest to strike Indian officials, development workers and engineers in Afghanistan. The reports also detail efforts by ISI officers to run the networks of suicide bombers that works as a terrible force in Afghanistan since 2006. There have been other claims of Pakistani meddling in Afghanistan. Earlier this month, the London School of Economics published a report that strongly suggested that support for the Taliban was the official policy of Pakistan's ISI. Pakistan strongly denies such claim. US National security advisor while strongly condemning the disclosure of classified information, said it could put the lives of Americans at risk, and threaten its national security. New York Times claimed it only published reports which had no bearing on national security.
News On AIR | July 26, 2010 1:53 PM
Pakistan's ISI was actually aiding Afghan insurgency: Wikileaks