Pakistan's ISI Hasn't Changed Much

I'm a tad biased, and will therefore refrain from commentary here. But below is a pasted news bulletin which can be found here.


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The existence of historical ties between Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence directorate and the Afghan Taliban is hardly news. But when the Afghan Taliban's second in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, was recently captured, many saw it as a turning point for an agency that is little understood within the CIA. But now officials believe that even as some of Pakistan's security forces have been working alongside Americans to capture key Afghan insurgents, the ISI "quietly freed at least two senior Afghan Taliban figures it had captured on its own," reports the Washington Post. This is seen as evidence that parts of Pakistan's security leadership continues to support elements of the Afghan Taliban in its broad attempt to shape the future of Afghanistan and prepare for an eventual U.S. withdrawal. Pakistani intelligence officials deny that any Taliban figures have been released.

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The original story can be found in the Washington Post.