Letter
To the Editor:
“U.S. Says Agents of Pakistan Aid Afghan Taliban” (front page, March 26) accuses the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, of colluding and supporting the Taliban against coalition forces in Afghanistan.
Quoting the usual anonymous sources, the report further alleges that one of its constituent wings actively supports certain factions of the Taliban and even helps them in recruitment of new terrorists.
These are, by far, the most serious allegations against an organization that has spearheaded the global war against terror with unprecedented contributions. Not only did it eliminate scores of important Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders, but it also apprehended hundreds of their members, including key leaders.
It also helped in unearthing some insidious global terror plots. Recurring suicide attacks on ISI compounds in Rawalpindi, Islamabad and target killing of its members in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and elsewhere illustrate the frustration and the damage this organization has caused to the radicals.
Pakistan’s political and military leadership are in complete agreement to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Anything that goes wrong in Afghanistan is not Pakistan’s doing. We need to learn from our omissions and errors and move forward toward the common objective of dismantling the terror infrastructure.
Nadeem H. Kiani
Press Attaché, Embassy of Pakistan
Washington, March 31, 2009
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