Inter-Services Intelligence

About Inter-Services Intelligence

The Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (also Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI) is the largest and most powerful intelligence service in Pakistan. It is one of the three main branches of Pakistan's intelligence agencies.

After the poor performance of Pakistan's Military Intelligence during Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 the need for a separate intelligence body was keenly felt. Inter-Services Intelligence was therefore created as an independent unit in 1948 from the Intelligence Bureau (IB), which handled intelligence sharing between the different branches of the military as well as external intelligence gathering. Its headquarters was initially located in Rawalpindi but later it was moved to the newly built capital, Islamabad. The current director of the organization is Lieutenant General Nadeem Taj. Often alleged to be an invisible force in Pakistani politics and countless incidents around the world, it is one of the most significant and secretive intelligence agencies that exist today.

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Pakistan's competing jihadists

Explore Article The Hindu (Jul 6 2010) Terrorism

...ds upon thousands of guest mujahideen are being slaughtered at a phenomenal pace.” Pakistan and its Inter-Services Intelligence, Bharot went on, were using foreign jihadists as “cannon fodder.” He suggested that the jihadists f... (Read Full Article)

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LeT: Spreading Menace

Explore Article New Kerala Dot Com, India (Jul 6 2010) Terrorism

...e terrorist group also counts on donations from sympathetic Saudis, Kuwaitis, and Islamist-leaning Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officers. The US Defence Department report indicated, further, that, "In addition, LeT mainta... (Read Full Article)

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Pakistan - India: LeT Spreading Menace

Explore Article Eurasia Review (Jul 5 2010) Terrorism

...he terrorist group also counts on donations from sympathetic Saudis, Kuwaitis, and Islamist-leaning Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officers. The US Defence Department report indicated, further, that, "In addition, LeT main... (Read Full Article)

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ISI behind Frenchmen death?

Explore Article Home @The Hindu (Apr 26 2010)

...rrorists, as alleged these past years, but an act of retaliation carried out by Pakistan's army and Inter-Services Intelligence in response to the French State's failure to pay Pakistani officials $33 million in promised kickba... (Read Full Article)

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Bangladesh: From Genocide to Justice?

Explore Article Eurasia Review (Apr 20 2010)

...h 10, of instigating unrest and violence in the Hill Districts, with the assistance of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). Some of the recent Jamaat activities have prominently included: March 4: Kishoreganj Poli... (Read Full Article)

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Top al Qaeda leader linked to 5 Americans on trial in Pakistan

Explore Article The Long War Journal (Apr 17 2010) Terrorism

...sed jihadi groups fighting in Kashmir, the HUJI received support from Pakistanâs military and the Inter-Services Intelligence. The group has offices in more than 40 locations inside Pakistan and maintained "organized seminari... (Read Full Article)

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India wants talks to focus on terror

Explore Article Asia Times Online (Feb 18 2010) Terrorism

... Pakistan's hinterland." There could be more in the works, however, than India's RAW and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) battling it out. Asia Times Online's Syed Saleem Shahzad highlighted this in his February 13 ... (Read Full Article)

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Two Pakistani-based terrorist groups claim responsibility for Pune attack

Explore Article finchannel.com (Feb 17 2010) Terrorism

...-Taiba, also a Pakistan-based Islamic terrorist group, because it "took the orders" from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. The same day al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadist leader Illyas Kashmiri sent an e-mail to a ... (Read Full Article)

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Two Pakistan-based terrorist groups claim responsibility for Pune attack

Explore Article RIA Novosti (Feb 17 2010) Terrorism

...-Taiba, also a Pakistan-based Islamic terrorist group, because it "took the orders" from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. The same day al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadist leader Illyas Kashmiri sent an e-mail to a ... (Read Full Article)

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Abu Jindal calls up to claim responsibility for Pune blast

Explore Article MSN India News (Feb 17 2010) Terrorism

...er stated that his group had split from the Laskhar-e-Taiba because it took orders from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, the report stated. "The caller sounded like an educated boy in his late teens or early 20s. He sai... (Read Full Article)

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Pak terror group claims hand in Pune blast

Explore Article Asian Tribune (Feb 16 2010) Terrorism

... He said the group had split from the Laskhar-e-Taiba because it took orders from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence. The caller sounded like an educated boy in his late teens or early 20s. He said he was calling fro... (Read Full Article)

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Laskhar-e-Taiba Al Alami claims responsibility for Pune bomb blast

Explore Article Bombay News.Net (Feb 16 2010) Terrorism

...ler stated that his group had split from the Laskhar-e-Taiba because it took orders from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, the report stated. "The caller sounded like an educated boy in his late teens or early 20s. He sai... (Read Full Article)

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Chidambaram's Quest for Kashmir peace

Explore Article Asian Tribune (Dec 12 2009)

Can his Jamaat-i-Islami tolerate Kashmiri Hindus if they are rehabilitated in the valley after 20 years? Hindus, who formed 15 per cent of the valley ... (Read Full Article)

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How dangerous is Lashkar-e-Taiba to the west?

Explore Article The Macon Daily (Jul 12 2009) Terrorism

...the Hindu. Based in Pakistan's heartland Punjab province, the group was once nurtured by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to fight India in Kashmir. But a rare decision to target westerners and Jews along with India... (Read Full Article)

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How dangerous is Lashkar-e-Taiba to the west?

Explore Article reuters.com (Jul 8 2009) Terrorism

...the Hindu. Based in Pakistan's heartland Punjab province, the group was once nurtured by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to fight India in Kashmir. But a rare decision to target westerners and Jews along with India... (Read Full Article)

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