ISI Directs Taliban in Afganistan: us
23 Oct 2012 6:40 AM IST
ISI is directing the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, a US lawmaker has alleged, saying his view is based on his meetings with the people and officials in the war-torn country. ‘US military commanders at several levels of the chain of command indicated that they believe Pakistan and its intelligence agency specifically, the ISI, is directing the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan,’ California’s Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter told the UTSanDiego.Com.
‘The fact that they [Pakistanis] are controlling them was pretty astounding to me. It’s bad, but it bodes well I think for long-term stability. That means it’s an external threat. It’s not an internal Taliban takeover like it was in the ‘90s,’ said Hunter, who visited Afghanistan as part of a Congressional delegation, the first to visit the country after the recent withdrawal of surge forces from there.
‘The fact that they [Pakistanis] are controlling them was pretty astounding to me. It’s bad, but it bodes well I think for long-term stability. That means it’s an external threat. It’s not an internal Taliban takeover like it was in the ‘90s,’ said Hunter, who visited Afghanistan as part of a Congressional delegation, the first to visit the country after the recent withdrawal of surge forces from there.
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