Pak army chief worried about Islamist infiltration


General Ashfaq Kayani

Top Pakistani military officials are concerned that their ranks have been penetrated by Islamists aiding militants in a campaign against the state, The Washington Post reported late Friday.
The top Pakistani military commander, General Ashfaq Kayani, was shaken by the discovery of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden close to a Pakistani military academy, the newspaper said.
He told US officials in a recent meeting that his first priority was "bringing our house in order," the paper reported, citing an unnamed senior Pakistani intelligence official.
"We are under attack, and the attackers are getting highly confidential information about their targets," The Post quotes the official as saying.
Western officials have long accused Pakistan's intelligence services of playing a double game by fighting Islamist militants who pose a domestic threat, but protecting those fighting American troops in Afghanistan.
Some doubt Kayani or Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, head of the military's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, had direct knowledge, the report said.
Others however, find it hard to believe that. Kayani was head of the ISI in 2005 when bin Laden is believed to have taken refuge in Abbottabad, the paper noted.
US Navy commandos killed bin Laden there on May 2 in a raid that angered Islamabad because of US incursion on to their territory without prior notice.

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Pak army chief worried about Islamist infiltration


General Ashfaq Kayani

Top Pakistani military officials are concerned that their ranks have been penetrated by Islamists aiding militants in a campaign against the state, The Washington Post reported late Friday.
The top Pakistani military commander, General Ashfaq Kayani, was shaken by the discovery of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden close to a Pakistani military academy, the newspaper said.
He told US officials in a recent meeting that his first priority was "bringing our house in order," the paper reported, citing an unnamed senior Pakistani intelligence official.
"We are under attack, and the attackers are getting highly confidential information about their targets," The Post quotes the official as saying.
Western officials have long accused Pakistan's intelligence services of playing a double game by fighting Islamist militants who pose a domestic threat, but protecting those fighting American troops in Afghanistan.
Some doubt Kayani or Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, head of the military's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, had direct knowledge, the report said.
Others however, find it hard to believe that. Kayani was head of the ISI in 2005 when bin Laden is believed to have taken refuge in Abbottabad, the paper noted.
US Navy commandos killed bin Laden there on May 2 in a raid that angered Islamabad because of US incursion on to their territory without prior notice.

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