Pakistan Army, ISI to be blamed for Al Qaeda's advance into India: Expert

September 06, 2014 10:27

Two days after Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri announced the creation of a South Asian branch of his outfit to "raise the flag of jihad" in the Indian subcontinent, a US intelligence analyst accused the Pakistani military of 'stage-managing' the terror outfit's latest advance into India.

In his column, Bruce Riedel, a former CIA analyst and National Security Council official for South Asia, also said that Pakistan should be warned that it will be placed on the list of states sponsoring terrorism, a newspaper said.

Riedel has directly blamed the Pakistan military and its intelligence outfit ISI for the renewed terror threats against India in order to secure gains in their country's political arena. There was no uncertainty that Zawahiri recorded the latest video in his hideout in Pakistan, secured by the ISI, claimed Riedel.

"The domestic politics of Pakistan are central to this drama, and to this threat," he said.

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