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Inter-services IntelligenceThe Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (also Inter-Services Intelligence or I.S.I.) is the principal intelligence body of the nation of Pakistan. The ISI provided most of the operational and organizational leadership during the U.S.-funded insurgency in Afghanistan against the USSR. It was also critical in establishing Taliban and Osama Bin Laden in power in Afghanistan. It is widely believed that they are playing a similar role in the Kashmir region and are responsible for spreading terrorism in India. The role of the ISI in the Bombay Blasts and its links with international terorist Dawood Ibrahim are also said to be ignored by US ISI is headed by a lieutenant-general or a three-star general of the Pakistan Army. Roots The roots of the ISI go back to the U.S.-backed guerrilla war to oust the Soviet Army from Afghanistan in the 1980s. That Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-backed effort flooded Pakistan with weapons and with Afghan, Pakistani and Arab "mujahideen", who fought in the name of Islam. The CIA relied on the ISI to train fighters, distribute arms, and channel money. During the Soviet invasion from 1979–1989, the ISI monitored the activities of and provided advice and support to the mujahideen, and commandos from the Army's Special Services Group helped guide the operations inside Afghanistan. The ISI trained about 83,000 Afghan mujahideen between 1983 and 1997, and dispatched them to Afghanistan. Since its inception, one of the goals of the ISI has been to gather intelligence in India. ISI has allegedly actively supported various insurgent groups throughout India, in locations such as the Punjab, Kashmir, Assam, Northeastern India, etc., complementing the support offered by the Pakistani government to these groups. India accuses the ISI of complicity in various terrorist attacks all over the country (including some in Bombay and the Parliament House) in addition to the insurgence-prone areas. External links
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