Pakistan’s intelligence services

The New York Times has an excellent piece on Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency losing control over some of the groups of militants that it fostered since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. These militants have now turned against the military and are contributing to attacks directed at the army, intelligence agencies and the government.

The article also sheds light on the ISI’s role in rigging the 2002 national election, and the defection of intelligence officials to the extremist militant cause.