Wednesday, October 7, 2009

ISI to surrended taliban: Go to jail or wage jihad in Kashmir

Well the ISI originally created the taliban in order to counter Indian influence in Afghanistan after the Soviet army left. I guess it's only natural that the ISI would direct the taliban to Kashmir to fight against India.

How long before India is dragged into the war against the taliban and ISI? Times of India

NEW DELHI: In a new shift in tactics, Pakistan is planning to push as many as 60 "surrendered" Taliban into Jammu and Kashmir to become part of
the "jihad" against India. The ISI is said to have offered the extremists the option of either going to jail or crossing the Line of Control. ( Watch Video )

The "jail or jihad" option offered to the Taliban seems a useful diversion for ISI. The Pakistan military establishment has had to fight the Taliban, once its close allies in Afghanistan, but is looking to turn the situation to its advantage.

Apprehensions in Indian security circles that the crackdown by the Pakistan army on Taliban — seen as a last resort after the jihadis turned their guns on the Pakistani state — could mean trouble in Kashmir are being proved correct. Not only have infiltration attempts by regular jihadi outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba gone up, the presence of Taliban poses a new threat.

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