In the first admission of its kind, former chief of indias premier spy agency raw said pakistans spy agency, inter services intelligence isi, is the most powerful in the world. Directorate s traces pakistans role at the heart of the. Jun 09, 2014 the isis game of prolonging the post911 insurgency in afghanistan long enough for the tired american leviathan to pack up and go home and for pakistan to move in more forcefully is the direct cause of this terrorist surge, which has taken over 50,000 lives. Difference between indian raw and pakistan isi compare. It was established in 1968 following the intelligence failures of the sinoindian war, which persuaded the government of india to create a specialised, independent agency dedicated to foreign intelligence gathering. In such a way, the isi has already cooperated with afghanistan, whereas, today, the interaction of the isi and afghanistan and its terrorist organizations is likely to persist. Many books have been written by retired intelligence officers on. Sikh militancy was the defining challenge faced by raw which valued khad s cooperation for monitoring the activities of sikh militants in pakistans tribal areas. Ottawa retired majorgeneral david fraser has just released a book, operation medusa. Raw operating from afghanistan to create unrest in pakistan. Pakistans shadowy secret service, the isi bbc news. Isi provided training and equipment to antisoviet forces.
Interservices intelligence activities in afghanistan wikipedia. This book tells us many new things about the internal attitude of raw and isi and both governments. Raw, isi and the illusion of peace book online at best prices in india on. The cabinet secretariats research and analysis wing raw, founded 50 years ago as of september 2018, was created out of indias intelligence bureau ib due to perceived failures of the. From the cia to the fbi, my secret life taking down some of the worlds most notorious terrorists. This book does not discuss about spys or any cinematic spy operations. In actuality, experts generally suspect pakistan still provides some support to the taliban, though probably not to the extent it did in the past bajoria, 2011. A threemember bench of the supreme court of pakistan headed by chief justice iftikhar muhammad chaudhry was hearing asghar khans petition regarding misuse of public money reportedly disbursed through interservices intelligence isi to influence the 1990 elections. Oct 10, 2011 posts about isi written by afghanistan analysis.
The 7 best books on afghanistan pratiek sparsh samantara surveys some of the best contemporary literary fiction and nonfiction to come out of afghanistan, from both afghan and international authors, and looks at how these books interpret the culture, society and history of this unsettled landscape. Two new books on pakistans isi and its war for national. Lessons from kosovo for afghanistan, iraq and beyond anne holohan. Raw, isi and the illusion of peace kindle edition by dulat, a. The russians in afghanistan 197989, london 2011 profile books. Raman, former raw officer now an indian thinktank, of south asia analysis group, claims that the central intelligence agency through the isi promoted the smuggling of heroin into afghanistan in order to turn the soviet troops into heroin addicts and. The retired spy chiefs of arch rival nuclear armed pakistan and india point out strengths and weaknesses of interservices intelligence isi and research and analysis wing of india raw while admitting that each agency is as good as the other is. And the recent moves by the taliban to engage in peace talks only further this point. Kiesslings stated premise is that isi is the unjustified target of frenzied and often illinformed discussion and conspiracy theory, while the rival indian research and analysis wing raw is. It also provided some direct assistance to them and many of its members probably even directly joined the ranks of the mujaheddin. The isis game of prolonging the post911 insurgency in afghanistan long enough for the tired american leviathan to pack up and go home and for pakistan to move in more forcefully is the direct cause of this terrorist surge, which has taken over 50,000 lives. If india and pakistan can work out their insecurities visavis afghanistan, peace will have a realistic chance.
For this reason, it is also assumed to be competent, or at least effective. Asad durrani has been facing a controversy since the release last week of the spy chronicles. Aug 12, 2015 seen in this way, afghanistan is at the very heart of both chinas and irans regional plans. May 07, 2014 the isi could be a highly professional and very successful intelligence agency. Isi, raw and spy chronicles were sounding like that now we are going to know the secrets of these agencies, their hidden operations, their confessions and a lot more. Isi is directly credited for undermining the soviet occupation of afghanistan and bringing punjab indian to its knees. In an incredible moment of lucidity, karzai seems to have finally realized two things that much of the rest of the world and his afghan opposition has been telling him for a pretty long time. In one of the most unusual books to be published in recent times, lt. Not including the fictions we were told by the bush administration. The ultimate afghanistan travel guide lost with purpose. The dg, isi is always a lt gen of the army who reports only to the coas of pakistan and directly briefs the prime minister whenever theres a civilian government in place. Asad durrani, who was chief of pakistans allpowerful interservices intelligence isi in the 1990s, has collaborated on a set of espionage dialogues with a. After remarks on pakistan army and osama operation, exisi.
The pakistani spy who knew too much opeds gulf news. Two new books on pakistans isi and its war for national survival. S dulat, aditya sinha, asad durrani some time in 2016, a series of dialogues took place which set out to find a meeting ground, even if only an illusion, between a. The isi backed by ministry of state security along with the mss chinese spy agency and allies of the maldives president were encouraging the foundation of antiindian sentimentsactivities from within the pakistan embassy in male.
Security in afghanistan has been deteriorating since u. When the soviets invaded afghanistan in 1979 president zia sent for general akhtar, who had recently taken over as director of isi. Pakistan isi involvement in the afghanistan war essay. The isi, pakistans notorious and feared spy agency, comes. In the aftermath of the 2001 attacks on the world trade center, rashids 2000 book the taliban went to the top of the new york times bestseller list almost overnight. But it discusses the internal attitude of the raw and isi officers. It was after facing two wars, first with china in 1962, and then with pakistan in 1965, that the government felt a need for a separate external intelligence agency as a lack of proper intelligence was noticed. Minnesota historical society pressborealis books, 2003 g. Pakistan military summons former isi boss durrani over. Jan 27, 2017 in the beginning of the afghanistan conflict, the us utilized cia and sf to make contact with some of their cold war contacts in order to oust the taliban. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online.
The hindu said that though raw was wrong, it is possible it was fooled by an isi prank. Unlike the isi, many know little about raw, which is secretive and lowprofile. Asad durrani along with aditya sinha who is a writer and a journalist. The phenomenon of afghans killing us or other foreign soldiers is. The soviet withdrawal from afghanistan, harvard university press 2011. Iran says afghanistan and pakistan are next as islamic state loses in iraq and syria. The book covers various topics such as kashmir, afghanistan, ajit doval, trade wars. Descent into chaos the most important recent book on afghanistan is by 30year veteran pakistani journalist ahmed rashid. Best nonfiction war books, around the world one book from each country, best iraq and afghanistan war books, best books on special forces m. The only interesting part of the discussion, if at all, relates to afghanistan and. The isi s game of prolonging the post911 insurgency in afghanistan long enough for the tired american leviathan to pack up and go home and for pakistan to move in more forcefully is. The isis game of prolonging the post911 insurgency in afghanistan long enough for the tired american leviathan to pack up and go home and for pakistan to move in more forcefully is. Pakistani exspy chief faces inquiry over book with indian. In fact, goi do not accept or deny the existence of raw.
Isi vs raw raw s strength lies in enormous resources at her disposal, a willing political support by the fundamentalist cabal of rss and bjp, use of bollywood as her veritable arm of perception management, and age old and tested ideology of chanakya. Nov 22, 2014 the nato special operations component command afghanistan special operations joint task force afghanistan nsoccasojtfa conducts security force assistance and targeted counterterrorism in afghanistan to ensure the enduring relevance, capability, and sustainability of the afghan special security force, and to deny safe haven to al. Isi interservices intelligence pakistan acronymfinder. Apr 02, 2017 raw vs isi ispr new movie qassab pak army new movie 2016. Preface at the start of this book, which tells the story of my part in the afghan jehad, i want to acknowledge the debt i, and indeed pakistan and the mujahideen owe to the silent soldier. Pakistan military summons former isi boss durrani over book coauthored with ex raw chief pakistani army spokesperson major general asif ghafoor said on friday that durrani had been summoned to the general headquarters ghq on may 28, where he will be asked to explain his position on views attributed to him in the book spy chronicles. Secrets of research and analysis wing raw is the first account by a person who has actually served in raw at a senior level. The isi, pakistans notorious and feared spy agency, comes in from the cold this article is more than 10 years old in its own land the agency is viewed with awe and dread. Named after the department of pakistans intelligence agency the isi that oversaw operations rivalling those of the cia in afghanistan, the book was hoped to be the definitive account of all that followed as us policy in the country, so heavily driven by the interplay between intelligence agencies, veered from one crisis to the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the spy chronicles. The authors of this book are the combination of two ds, former head of raw a. Interservices intelligence activities in afghanistan.
And this fact, more than any other, explains exactly the purpose that isis serves in afghanistan. Creating a new afghanistan filling the vaccum campaign. It was the period of the warlords, turan ismael in herat, gul agha in kandahar, rashid dostum uzbek at mazar i sharif and the ahmed shah massoud in punjsher valley and other tajik areas. Pak army is supreme in pakistan even to judiciary, government and adminstration. Regularly updated based on the situation on the ground, and with input from local contacts. The furious battle that saved afghanistan from the taliban, about his days as the canadian commander of nato forces in southern afghanistan during this battle in september 2006. Mohammad yousaf mark adkin the bear trap afghanistans. Liam collins is the director of the modern war institute mwi at west point. Raw, isi and the illusion of peace is a 2018 book in the format of a. At that time nobody in authority in pakistan, and certainly no overseas government including the us, thought the soviet military might could be confronted. Isi officer involved in kabul parliament attack, claims afghan intelligence. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
This is the kind of a book which feels like a dialogue session. Bollywood blockbuster raazi and a controversial new book by former raw and isi chiefs have brought the focus back on the deadly espionage game between india. Sirrs traces isi s existential war for national survival to the trauma of partition, highlighting how many of pakistans early military and intelligence leaders survived the dangerous. The isis great game in afghanistan pakistan defence. Get all the latest news and updates on afghanistan vs new zealand only on. Former director general of pakistans interservices intelligence isi asad durrani was denied visa to attend the launch of a book that charts a series of dialogues between him and former research and analysis wing raw chief as dulat. It was in fact, such a secret mission that even the intelligence agencies of countries like china and. The book also draws comparison of raw and isi, hafiz saeed and even a talk on the idea of akhand bharat confederation of india, pakistan and bangladesh among many others. In october 2001, i went to afghanistan to cover the war after 911. Raw played a key role in maintaining the secrecy of the first nuclear test by india in 1974.
Abdullah, russia passed on a message that the world expects an agreement, and that the northern alliance shouldnt expect that without an. Directorate s, which takes over in 2001, is a sequel. Zia insisted that islamabad would decide who in afghanistan received american aid, and the arbiters of this policy ultimately became pakistans spy agency, the directorate for interservices intelligence isi, and the pakistani islamist party jamaateislami, which supported zias dictatorship. That afghanistan is the graveyard of empires is the biggest lie of them all. It needs to be added that there were books before who tackled the soviet years in afghanistan or aspects of it. Though not an insider, he was part of the organisation for a little less. Raw operating from afghanistan to create unrest in. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Nov 22, 2018 written in 2016, expanded after a second independent visit in late 2018, and updated in mid2019 after local input, this is the most complete and uptodate afghanistan travel guide available online. A report by raw reveals that the indian agency has successfully foiled ulterior designs of the isi in the island of maldives. It was in retaliation to republic of afghanistan s proxy war and support to the militants against pakistan. Mr longlive usa do reconisder ur thoughts after going thru this article the research and analysis wing raw is indias foreign intelligence agency.
The british had left india with ib, the lone intelligence agency. Operation anaconda, uzbin valley ambush, battle of musa qala, siege of musa qala, operation medusa, battle of kamdesh, battle of chora, first and second battles of kakarak, operation karez, battle of arghandab, operation falcon summit, battle of. Mohammad yousaf mark adkin the bear trap afghanistans untold story the bear trap afghanistans untold story mohammad yousaf mark adkin. Afghanistans intelligence service says a pakistani intelligence officer helped the taliban carry out an attack. Raman, former raw officer now an indian thinktank, of south asia analysis group, claims that the central intelligence agency through the isi promoted the smuggling of heroin into afghanistan in order to turn the soviet troops into heroin addicts and thus greatly reducing their fighting potential. Afghanistan remained in a state of civil war even after the installation of the mujahedeen government.
Dulat, the former head of indias research and analysis wing raw. The armys interservices intelligence isi directorate has been pakistans main intelligence agency since immediately after independence. Pakistans directorate for interservices intelligence, or isi, is once again facing accusations of doublestandards over its role in the fight against alqaeda and the taliban. But the presidents remarks made clear the administrations intent to introduce new ideas to change the dynamics of a war the pentagon has described as a stalemate, make enduring gains against the taliban, and counter the rising threat of isis in afghanistan. In actuality, experts generally suspect pakistan still provides some support to the taliban, though probably not to. Exisi chief asad durrani denied visa to attend launch of. Dec 28, 2011 posts about isi written by afghanistan analysis. The interservices intelligence isi intelligence agency of pakistan has been accused of heavily involved in covertly running military intelligence programs in afghanistan since before the soviet invasion of afghanistan in 1979. New book on afghanistan war is revealing, misleading the. The retired spy chiefs of arch rival nuclear armed pakistan and india point out strengths and weaknesses of interservices intelligence isi and research and analysis wing of india raw while. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Raw not only managed to successfully infiltrate the area, but also evidence of isi s involvement in the training and funding of kashmiri separatist groups in the valley. Fear of an afghanistan dominated by iran, or even worse from their standpoint, by archrival india, has led pakistan to implement what rashid calls a twotiered policy of overt aid to the u. Iran wants to be part of a peace deal which could unite the nonisis forces in afghanistan thereby giving tehran both access and, most importantly, influence over the decisionmaking apparatus in an independent afghanistan.
Raw, isi and the illusion of peace, is a written manifestation of many encounters that often occur between officials serving or retired on dialogue based platforms such as. Pages in category novels set in afghanistan the following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. Its personnel are very dedicated, intelligent and one of the best agencies in the business in asia. Read cricket news, current affairs and news headlines online on afghanistan vs new zealand news today. Isi has its own identity in pakistan whereas raw is just a wing of ministry of external affairs.
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This process was working and the talibans strength was collap. This book is quite different from what was perceived and the fuss it caused was fire in the air. The first isi operation in afghanistan took place in 1975. The treacherous relationship between pakistans intelligence. Maybe because my expectations were so sky high or maybe because the material is insipid. Why trump is making longest us war his own trump apparently has been persuaded that the us stuck between winning and failing has more to lose by leaving the afghanistan conflict. What to read about afghanistan international socialist. There are times when the ministry of external affairs or raw miscalculate. Below is a piece i wrote for the daily post, an indiabased paper. Nevertheless, several books provide useful content. Pakistan and afghanistan institute for the study of war. The spy chronicles raw isi and the illusion of peace as. Raw, isi and the illusion of peace, the book he cowrote with as dulat, who headed indias.
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