India funded militants in Kashmir to counter ISI: ex-RAW chief
By Web Desk
Published: July 4, 2015
PHOTO: IDRW.ORG
In the first admission of its kind, former chief of India’s premier spy agency (RAW) said Indian intelligence agencies have over the years paid militants and separatists, along with mainstream politicians and political parties in Indian Kashmir to compete with Pakistan’s spy agency, ISI.
“So what’s wrong? What is there to be so shocked or scandalised by. It’s done the world over,” former RAW Chief AS Dulat said, while speaking to NDTV’s Barkha Dutt.
Elaborating, Dulat said the Indian government quite often paid for the air fares, medical treatment and general upkeep of even hardened pro-Pakistan separatists like Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
Continuing with the revelations, the former RAW chief admitted India’s ‘spooks’ had been in touch with everyone from ‘separatists and militants’.
“One of India’s most wanted terrorists Syed Salahuddin was in touch with me and was ready to leave Pakistan and return to India.”
Further, defending the use of money in Indian-Kashmir, the former RAW chief said it was done in the hope of engaging militants and separatists and also to compete for influence with the ISI.
“Corrupting someone with money is more ethical and smarter than killing him,” he added.
Dulat’s statement comes weeks after a verbal tirade between Pakistan and India. Recently, Pakistani leaders and the military have constantly been accusing RAW of funding terror activities in Pakistan. In a a rare public statement after a meeting on May 6, top military commanders accused RAW of fuelling terrorism in the country.
This article originally appeared on NDTV.
India funded militants in Kashmir to counter ISI: ex-RAW chief - The Express Tribune
Thank you ex-RAW chief for confirming what we already knew!
Zip ur mouth and open some new toilets..This was the better joke than the previous one dude
I know it's hard to believe for you that Pakistan is considered as the Terrorist nation and also was on the verge of being declared as Terrorist nation By USA.
This was the better one i will give it to you.
and as you are coward you were not able to do javk Sh!t after Peshawar so don't worry just call us whenever you are ready and have balls to face us.
Don't worry we have became more advance than your failed state and try telling this to the world
That line was awesome that shows how much uneducated pakistanis are.
As for your last part- I will say ok then do whatever you can do and try to stop another peshawar incident because this time the lives will be more than you can imagine ok
Ok then a coming from a civilian who is a jihadi in terrorist country is laughable and also a country who fails to give sanitation to his people is the most funny thing so just whenever you dream just dream of building TOILETS in your country and after doing that do Jihad it is fun as told to you by your countrymen
Ok then be it as you speak and the west didn't say it is Indian Sh!t They said the the Pakistanis are SH!t
To "Counter ISI"...India funded militants in Kashmir to counter ISI: ex-RAW chief
By Web Desk
Published: July 4, 2015
PHOTO: IDRW.ORG
In the first admission of its kind, former chief of India’s premier spy agency (RAW) said Indian intelligence agencies have over the years paid militants and separatists, along with mainstream politicians and political parties in Indian Kashmir to compete with Pakistan’s spy agency, ISI.
“So what’s wrong? What is there to be so shocked or scandalised by. It’s done the world over,” former RAW Chief AS Dulat said, while speaking to NDTV’s Barkha Dutt.
Elaborating, Dulat said the Indian government quite often paid for the air fares, medical treatment and general upkeep of even hardened pro-Pakistan separatists like Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
Continuing with the revelations, the former RAW chief admitted India’s ‘spooks’ had been in touch with everyone from ‘separatists and militants’.
“One of India’s most wanted terrorists Syed Salahuddin was in touch with me and was ready to leave Pakistan and return to India.”
Further, defending the use of money in Indian-Kashmir, the former RAW chief said it was done in the hope of engaging militants and separatists and also to compete for influence with the ISI.
“Corrupting someone with money is more ethical and smarter than killing him,” he added.
Dulat’s statement comes weeks after a verbal tirade between Pakistan and India. Recently, Pakistani leaders and the military have constantly been accusing RAW of funding terror activities in Pakistan. In a a rare public statement after a meeting on May 6, top military commanders accused RAW of fuelling terrorism in the country.
This article originally appeared on NDTV.
India funded militants in Kashmir to counter ISI: ex-RAW chief - The Express Tribune
Thank you ex-RAW chief for confirming what we already knew!
May be thats what Manohar Parriker meant by "Kante ko Kante se nikalna".
He clarified that he did mean it the same way as you said...
