Pakistan's powerful ISI continues to support Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, even as the United States pumped in billions as aid to its key ally in the war against terror, according to damning leaked intelligence documents.
The leaked documents, titled ‘The War Logs,' suggest that ISI representatives meet directly with the Taliban to support militant groups that fight against American soldiers in Afghanistan and scheme to assassinate Afghan leaders, the New York Times reported.
It also revealed that there were hundreds of unreported civilian killings by coalition forces in the war-torn country. These are part of a massive 92,000 documents leaked by web whistle-blower site WikiLeaks.
Some of the reports among the leaked documents also described Pakistani intelligence working alongside the Al-Qaeda to plan attacks, but experts warned that directly linking the ISI with the Al-Qaeda was tenuous.
“American intelligence learned that the Haqqani network sent bombers at the ISI's behest to strike Indian officials, development workers and engineers in Afghanistan,” it said. The leaked documents also indicated that ISI officers had made efforts to run the networks of suicide bombers starting from 2006 — the threat, however, does not appear to have materialised.
