Pakistan wanted Afghan jihadis to help in Kargil
Pakistan had sought the services of "20,000 to 30,000" Afghan jihadis as possible rein forcements during the Kargil conflict nine years ago, a new book by Pakistani author Shuja Nawaz reveals.
"Mullah Mohammad Rabbani, the Afghan President at the time... was asked by Pakistan to provide 20,000-30,000 'volunteers' for the Kashmir jihad. He startled the Pakistanis by offering 500,000!" Shuja Nawaz, whose brother Asif Nawaz was army chief in the 1990s, says in his 585 page book Crossed Swords.
This damning nugget of information is attributed to an interview with Khwaja Ziauddin, who was the ISI boss during Kargil and the man appointed to replace Pervez Musharraf as army chief on October 12, 1999, by then PM Nawaz Sharif. According to the US-based author, there was a broader Kashmir plan at work that had been presented and discussed by Musharraf with Sharif and his key aides in 1999 though key Pakistani military officials involved in Kargil were unwilling to provide details.
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"Mullah Mohammad Rabbani, the Afghan President at the time... was asked by Pakistan to provide 20,000-30,000 'volunteers' for the Kashmir jihad. He startled the Pakistanis by offering 500,000!" Shuja Nawaz, whose brother Asif Nawaz was army chief in the 1990s, says in his 585 page book Crossed Swords.
This damning nugget of information is attributed to an interview with Khwaja Ziauddin, who was the ISI boss during Kargil and the man appointed to replace Pervez Musharraf as army chief on October 12, 1999, by then PM Nawaz Sharif. According to the US-based author, there was a broader Kashmir plan at work that had been presented and discussed by Musharraf with Sharif and his key aides in 1999 though key Pakistani military officials involved in Kargil were unwilling to provide details.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
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