ISI trying to push Taliban into India: Report

Source: Zeenews Updated on Wednesday, October 07, 2009, 09:49 IST

 
Zeenews Bureau

New Delhi: In view of increased diplomatic pressure from the international community, especially from the US, to act swiftly against the Taliban; reports now suggested that Pakistan is now trying to push in surrendered militants into India.

According to intelligence inputs, Pak’s spy agency the ISI has given the surrendered Taliban fighters, as a result of its military offensive against the militia in the tribal regions, two options: Either rot in jail or continue with terrorism, but this time across the Line of Control (LoC) in India.

Intelligence agencies have recently intercepted telephonic conversations between top ISI officials and Taliban commanders about carrying more infiltration bids in the days to come.

With the continued military and financial aid from the US, Pakistan had increased pressure on the Taliban militia and tactically devised this new strategy of turning militia’s loss into its advantage. ISI wants to take advantage of Taliban’s experience of fighting the American forces and their knowledge of modern warfare against India in a clandestine manner.

However, the Indian security agencies and armed forces are fully prepared for Taliban’s possible attempt to push its fighters into the Indian side.

As per intelligence reports, as many as 60 Taliban fighters are waiting for the right time to infiltrate into the Indian side by crossing the LoC. Pakistan military choppers are being used to evacuate and carry surrendered Taliban fighters near the Indian border.

As of now, the Indian intelligence agencies are closely monitored the activities across the international border since ISI actually supports infiltration attempts along LoC.

According to reports, the inputs gathered by the intelligence agencies and the situation arising out of it were thoroughly discussed during a meeting of a high-powered central team led by Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrashekhar and comprising Home Secretary G K Pillai, Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar and other senior officials in Srinagar.