Inter-Services Intelligence
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Asad Durrani Views on Imran Khan
Omar Ali reposts former ISI chief Asad Durrani’s commentary on the Imran Khan phenomenon, in which Durrani argues that army attempts at political engineering have always failed. Omar offers it…
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Major Amin on Pan-Islamism and Afghanistan, etc
Posting an old 2001 letter by Major Amin, who argues the Afghan analogy does not fit Chechnya and questions Islamic solidarity over the Kurds and 1971, with a 2012 excerpt…
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Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan; the dark side chronicles
Reposting an old piece, Asif Javed argues that the legend of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has outrun the record, and sets out his ‘dark side’, including intolerance of rival power centres…
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An Extension for General Bajwa
Hamid Hussain criticises the three-year extension Imran Khan announced for army chief General Bajwa, arguing it has nothing to do with national security and is bad for both the army…
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Review: Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate: Covert Action and Internal Operations
A review, sent in by Major Agha Amin, of Owen Sirrs’s book on Pakistan’s ISI, setting out the questions the author asks about its evolution, relations with the CIA, abuse…
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Book Review: The ISI and Afghanistan
A critical review of an American adjunct professor’s book on the ISI, written after his Kabul stay, which the reviewer faults for relying on sources like Saleem Shahzad and Steve…
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Afghan Peace Process; Postscript
Hamid Hussain posts an exchange with an old Afghan hand of Pakistan’s ISI on the Afghan peace process. The respondent doubts any party can control Afghanistan or that the Taliban…
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Review: Directorate S
Major Amin reviews Steve Coll’s Directorate S and finds it deeply flawed, citing errors of geography and fact. He argues that US analysts overrated Al Qaeda while the real players…
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Interview: Cecil Choudhry and MG Hidayat Niazi
Major Amin shares excerpts from his 2001 interview with Pakistan Air Force veteran Cecil Choudhry and Major General Hidayat Niazi, covering weak intelligence before the wars, the finest officers and…
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The Last Hurdle to Afghan Peace
Major Amin interleaves bolded comments into Brigadier Simon Saraf’s piece on the Afghan peace process. He rejects the Pakistani nationalist reading, arguing that the US has no strategy, that Trump…
