Pakistan S Isi

Author : Hein Günter Kiessling
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849045179

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Faith, Unity, Discipline by Hein Günter Kiessling Pdf

Established in the wake of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-8 by the Australian army officer Major-General Walter Cawthorne, then Deputy Chief of Staff in the Pakistan Army, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for years remained an under-developed and obscure agency. In 1979, the organisation's growing importance was felt during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, as it worked hand in glove with the CIA to support the mujahideen resistance, but its activities received little coverage in news media. Since that time, the ISI has projected its influence across the region -- in 1988 its involvement in Indian Kashmir came under increasing scrutiny, and by 1995 its mentoring of what became the Afghan Taliban was well attested. But it was the organisation's alleged links with Al Qaeda and the discovery of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, at the heart of Pakistan's military zone, that really threw it under the spotlight. These controversies and many more have dogged the ISI, including its role in Pakistan's testing of a nuclear weapon in 1998 and its links with A.Q. Khan. Offering fresh insights into the ISI as a domestic and international actor based on intimate knowledge of its inner workings and key individuals, this startlingly original book uncovers the hitherto shady world of Pakistan's secret service.

Author : Owen L. Sirrs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317196082

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Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate by Owen L. Sirrs Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive study of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI). The rise of Pakistan-backed religious extremist groups in Afghanistan, India, and Central Asia has focused international attention on Pakistan’s premier intelligence organization and covert action advocate, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate or ISI. While ISI is regarded as one of the most powerful government agencies in Pakistan today, surprisingly little has been written about it from an academic perspective. This book addresses critical gaps in our understanding of this agency, including its domestic security mission, covert backing of the Afghan Taliban, and its links to al-Qa’ida. Using primary source materials, including declassified intelligence and diplomatic reporting, press reports and memoirs, this book explores how ISI was transformed from a small, negligible counter intelligence outfit of the late-1940s into the national security behemoth of today with extensive responsibilities in domestic security, political interference and covert action. This study concludes that reforming or even eliminating ISI will be fundamental if Pakistan is to successfully transition from an army-run, national security state to a stable, democratic society that enjoys peaceful relations with its neighbours. This book will be of interest to students of intelligence studies, South Asian politics, foreign policy and international security in general.

Author : Srikanta Ghosh
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : India
ISBN : 8176481785

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Pakistan's ISI by Srikanta Ghosh Pdf

On the alleged role of the Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence in spreading terrorism in India.

Author : Bhure Lal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015042242753

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The Monstrous Face of ISI by Bhure Lal Pdf

Author : A.S. Dulat,Aditya Sinha,Asad Durrani
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789352779260

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The Spy Chronicles by A.S. Dulat,Aditya Sinha,Asad Durrani Pdf

Pointing to the horizon where the sea and sky are joined, he says, 'It is only an illusion because they can't really meet, but isn't it beautiful, this union which isn't really there.' -- SAADAT HASAN MANTO Sometime in 2016, a series of dialogues took place which set out to find a meeting ground, even if only an illusion, between A.S. Dulat and Asad Durrani. One was a former chief of RAW, India's external intelligence agency, the other of ISI, its Pakistani counterpart. As they could not meet in their home countries, the conversations, guided by journalist Aditya Sinha, took place in cities like Istanbul, Bangkok and Kathmandu.On the table were subjects that have long haunted South Asia, flashpoints that take lives regularly. It was in all ways a deep dive into the politics of the subcontinent, as seen through the eyes of two spymasters. Among the subjects: Kashmir, and a missed opportunity for peace; Hafiz Saeed and 26/11; Kulbhushan Jadhav; surgical strikes; the deal for Osama bin Laden; how the US and Russia feature in the India-Pakistan relationship; and how terror undermines the two countries' attempts at talks.When the project was first mooted, General Durrani laughed and said nobody would believe it even if it was written as fiction. At a time of fraught relations, this unlikely dialogue between two former spy chiefs from opposite sides--a project that is the first of its kind--may well provide some answers.

Author : Julian Richards
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1647124670

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Pakistan's ISI by Julian Richards Pdf

An introduction to Pakistan's ISI, which has been both an essential ally and problematic partner of the United States Forged during the tumultuous aftermath of Partition in 1947, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) has grown to become the preeminent intelligence service in Pakistan. Its capabilities are comprehensive, its remit covers both foreign and domestic intelligence, and it is one of the most feared and respected agencies of the Global South. Pakistan's ISI provides an up-to-date and detailed introduction to the ISI and its historical evolution. The narrative is rooted in a deep and wide-ranging contextualization of the state of Pakistan and its security environment. The story is one of an agency that grew from humble beginnings into an extremely capable and robust force at the heart of power in the state. The ISI utilizes broad human intelligence networks and employs covert action and support for militants, particularly in its rivalry with India. As a crucial intelligence partner for the West during the Cold War and into the contemporary era, the ISI has been both an essential ally and problematic partner. The shadow of this agency continues to loom over Pakistan's democratic institutions. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers interested in intelligence and the politics and history of South Asia.

Author : Steve Coll
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780525557302

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Directorate S by Steve Coll Pdf

Winner of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars, the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11 Prior to 9/11, the United States had been carrying out small-scale covert operations in Afghanistan, ostensibly in cooperation, although often in direct opposition, with I.S.I., the Pakistani intelligence agency. While the US was trying to quell extremists, a highly secretive and compartmentalized wing of I.S.I., known as "Directorate S," was covertly training, arming, and seeking to legitimize the Taliban, in order to enlarge Pakistan's sphere of influence. After 9/11, when fifty-nine countries, led by the U. S., deployed troops or provided aid to Afghanistan in an effort to flush out the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the U.S. was set on an invisible slow-motion collision course with Pakistan. Today we know that the war in Afghanistan would falter badly because of military hubris at the highest levels of the Pentagon, the drain on resources and provocation in the Muslim world caused by the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and corruption. But more than anything, as Coll makes painfully clear, the war in Afghanistan was doomed because of the failure of the United States to apprehend the motivations and intentions of I.S.I.'s "Directorate S". This was a swirling and shadowy struggle of historic proportions, which endured over a decade and across both the Bush and Obama administrations, involving multiple secret intelligence agencies, a litany of incongruous strategies and tactics, and dozens of players, including some of the most prominent military and political figures. A sprawling American tragedy, the war was an open clash of arms but also a covert melee of ideas, secrets, and subterranean violence. Coll excavates this grand battle, which took place away from the gaze of the American public. With unsurpassed expertise, original research, and attention to detail, he brings to life a narrative at once vast and intricate, local and global, propulsive and painstaking. This is the definitive explanation of how America came to be so badly ensnared in an elaborate, factional, and seemingly interminable conflict in South Asia. Nothing less than a forensic examination of the personal and political forces that shape world history, Directorate S is a complete masterpiece of both investigative and narrative journalism.

Author : S K Datta
Publisher : Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789382652595

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Inside ISI by S K Datta Pdf

The book is relevant to all those who wish to know why and how terrorism shifted from West Asia to South and Southeast Asia and Africa. This significant shift needs to be studied in depth for policy formulation and future strategy. The book will reveal that the so called Islamic Terrorism is traceable to Pakistan from concept to reality. Pakistan as a state has provided the platform for outward and inward march of Jihadis. For this to happen, the ISI has been playing the principal role. Thus, the focus in this book is on ISI as an instrument of spreading jihadi culture in Pakistan and elsewhere.

Author : Hein Kiessling
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9351777960

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Faith, Unity, Discipline: The ISI of Pakistan by Hein Kiessling Pdf

Established in the wake of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-48 by British officer Major General Robert Cawthorne, the then deputy chief of staff in the Pakistan Army, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for years remained an under-developed and obscure agency. In 1979, the organization's growing importance was felt during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, as it worked hand in glove with the CIA to support the mujahideen resistance, but its activities received little coverage in the media. Offering fresh insights into the ISI based on intimate knowledge of its inner workings and key individuals, this startlingly original and provocative book uncovers the hitherto shady world of Pakistan's secret service.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9383930446

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Pakistan ISI by Anonim Pdf

Author : Musa Khan Jalalzai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9390917611

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The ISI War Crimes and Murder of Civilian Culture of Intelligence in Pakistan by Musa Khan Jalalzai Pdf

M. Ilyas Khan (Uncovering Pakistan's secret human rights abuses, BBC News, Dera Ismail Khan, 02 June 2019), in his commentary on BBC website documented atrocities of Pakistan army in North Waziristan: "In May 2016, for example, an attack on a military post in the Teti Madakhel area of North Waziristan triggered a manhunt by troops who rounded up the entire population of a village. An eyewitness who watched the operation from a wheat field nearby and whose brother was among those detained told the BBC that the soldiers beat everyone with batons and threw mud in children's mouths when they cried. A pregnant woman was one of two people who died during torture, her son said in video testimony. At least one man remains missing. Local activists say more than 8,000 people picked up by the army since 2002 remain unaccounted for". The Pakistani monster is constantly following and intimidating journalists and human-rights activists across Europe and Middle East. This project to hound rights-activists was launched by Gen. Bajwa on his official visit to Pakistan High Commission in London in Jun 2019. Since that day the Pakistan's embassies in Europe and their spies and stooges are active to stop voices of the voiceless. Journalist Aurang Zeb Khan Zalmay noted.

Author : Frederick Forsyth
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0399153942

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The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth Pdf

"When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they instantly galvanize--but to do what? They know nothing about it: the what, where, or when. They have no sources in Al Qaeda, and it's impossible to plant s

Author : Carlotta Gall
Publisher : HMH
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780544045682

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The Wrong Enemy by Carlotta Gall Pdf

A journalist with deep knowledge of the region provides “an enthralling and largely firsthand account of the war in Afghanistan” (Financial Times). Few reporters know as much about Afghanistan as Carlotta Gall. She was there in the 1990s after the Russians were driven out. She witnessed the early flourishing of radical Islam, imported from abroad, which caused so much local suffering. She was there right after 9/11, when US special forces helped the Northern Alliance drive the Taliban out of the north and then the south, fighting pitched battles and causing their enemies to flee underground and into Pakistan. Gall knows just how much this war has cost the Afghan people—and just how much damage can be traced to Pakistan and its duplicitous government and intelligence forces. Combining searing personal accounts of battles and betrayals with moving portraits of the ordinary Afghans who were caught up in the conflict for more than a decade, The Wrong Enemy is a sweeping account of a war brought by American leaders against an enemy they barely understood and could not truly engage.

Author : Declan Walsh
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780393249927

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The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State by Declan Walsh Pdf

Winner of the 2021 Overseas Press Club of America Cornelius Ryan Award The former New York Times Pakistan bureau chief paints an arresting, up-close portrait of a fractured country. Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times’s most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis—a chieftain readying for war at his desert fort, a retired spy skulking through the borderlands, and a crusading lawyer risking death for her beliefs, among others. Through these “nine lives” he describes a country on the brink—a place of creeping extremism and political chaos, but also personal bravery and dogged idealism that defy easy stereotypes. Unbeknownst to Walsh, however, an intelligence agent was tracking him. Written in the aftermath of Walsh’s abrupt deportation, The Nine Lives of Pakistan concludes with an astonishing encounter with that agent, and his revelations about Pakistan’s powerful security state. Intimate and complex, attuned to the centrifugal forces of history, identity, and faith, The Nine Lives of Pakistan offers an unflinching account of life in a precarious, vital country.

Author : Carey Schofield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Pakistan
ISBN : 1906447020

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Inside the Pakistan Army by Carey Schofield Pdf

Schofield spent five years with the Pakistan army, accompanying them on maneuvers and getting to know key figures from junior soldiers to Kayani himself. For five years, she travelled everywhere with them. They even had a uniform made for her. "Inside the Pakistan Army" is the truth about the army's vital role as an ally in the war.