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NEWS ABOUT: Inter Service Intelligence

Inter Service Intelligence stories: 9 news summaries

Boosted US Presence Rankles Pakistan

Military fears too many strings are attached to new $7.5 billion in aid

Oct 6, 09 1:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The $7.5 billion aid package to Pakistan recently approved by the Senate appears to have triggered more suspicion than goodwill. Many in Pakistan, especially in the military, object that the conditions tied to the aid—which include keeping the military out of politics—are an unacceptable encroachment on national... More »

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Pakistan • Inter Service Intelligence • security contractors • DynCorp • Asif Ali Zardari • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military

mumbai attackers

 Resurgent Militants 
 Could Ignite 
 India-Pakistan War 

India braces for fresh attacks that could spark war

Sep 30, 09 1:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pakistan-based terror network that organized the slaughter of 163 people in Mumbai last year is still thriving, and security officials on both sides of the border fear it's only a matter of time before operatives attack India again. Lashkar-e-Taiba enjoys broad support within Pakistan, its top leadership remains intact... More »

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Pakistan • India • terror plots • Islamic extremists • Inter Service Intelligence • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks

(Newser) - The American offensive in southern Afghanistan is sparking serious tensions with Pakistan, the New York Times reports. Pakistani officials fear that the surge will push Taliban militants into its border region, triggering a rise in militancy that it will be ill-equipped to tackle without shifting troops from the Indian border.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • US military • Baluchistan • Inter Service Intelligence • Mullah Omar • Afghanistan war

Cops Foiled Earlier Mumbai Terror Plot 

Police believe captured Indian militant was among attackers' local accomplices

Dec 6, 08 6:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Indian police busted a terror cell planning to attack Mumbai earlier this year that was directed by the same two Pakistani-based terror kingpins accused in last week's attacks, said police. Those captured Pakistani and Indian militants, still being held, had guns, explosives, and maps of Mumbai landmarks, the New York ... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • terror plots • Inter Service Intelligence • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba

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Pakistan Backpedals, Won't Send Intel Chief to India

Historic visit will be the first of an ISI chief in history.

Nov 28, 08 4:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan made an abrupt about-face today and announced it would send an intelligence representative, not its intelligence chief, to India to aid in the investigation of the Mumbai terror attacks, the Hindustan Times reports. India had demanded that the ISI chief visit, and Pakistan agreed, but backtracked after a late-night... More »

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Pakistan • India • Inter Service Intelligence • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Pakistan intelligence services • Ahmed Shuja Pasha

Pakistan Helped Taliban Plan Afghan Attacks: Report

Leaked Spanish document alleges link between intelligence agency and militants

Oct 1, 08 6:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani spies armed Taliban insurgents in 2005 assassination plots against the Afghan government, Cadena Ser radio reports after obtaining a confidential Spanish defense document. Bearing the defense ministry’s seal, the report alleges that Pakistan’s intelligence gave the militants roadside bombs, and may have also provided intelligence and training.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Spain • Inter Service Intelligence • press leaks

CIA Confronts Pakistan Over
Militant Ties

Secret meeting focuses on evidence of links to violent extemists

Jul 30, 08 2:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The CIA has confronted Pakistani officials with evidence of links between the nation's spy agency and Islamic insurgents, the New York Times reports. A top CIA official flew to Pakistan for a tense secret meeting earlier this month with information about ties to al-Qaeda-affiliated militants in the border region believed... More »

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Taliban • CIA • Pakistan • Inter Service Intelligence • Pakistan militants • al-Qaeda

UK Intelligence 'Sent Citizens to Be Tortured'

MI5 outsourced brutal interrogations to Pakistan, say lawyers

Apr 29, 08 3:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - British intelligence officers have been accused of sending citizens to a Pakistani agency to be tortured, reports the Guardian. MI5 officials requested Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency to arrest British terror suspects in the country, where they were subjected to beatings, whippings, sleep deprivation and fingernail extraction, according to lawyers... More »

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War on Terror • torture • Pakistan • intelligence • United Kingdom • Inter Service Intelligence • MI5 • intelligence agencies

Seoul Pleads for Taliban Talks

Delegation arrives in Afghanistan while Afghans, Taliban search for venue

Aug 4, 07 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Korean officials are in Afghanistan seeking direct talks with the Taliban, Reuters reports, as the terrorist group and the Afghan government bicker over a venue for their own negotiations to free the  21 remaining Korean hostages. Two male members of the church group have been killed by the kidnappers. More »

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Afghanistan • United Nations • Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • South Korea • kidnapping • Ghazni • Inter Service Intelligence • hostage

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