ISI officials helped Taliban, says report

HONG KONG, OCT. 10. The Taliban militia received help in preparing their defences ahead of the U.S. air strikes from a group of renegade Pakistani military intelligence officers, a report claimed today.

The group, including a brigadier and a colonel, entered Afghanistan with truckloads of ammunition, The Far Eastern Economic Review said, citing retired senior Army officials.

As many as five officers from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency were involved in the operation which was undertaken without the permission of the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

Pakistan halted military supplies to the Taliban in the wake of last month's attacks on the U.S. after Gen. Musharraf pledged support to Washington in its campaign against Osama bin Laden.

The magazine also claims that the ISI chief, Lt. Gen. Mahmood Ahmed, resigned after Gen. Musharraf was informed of the operation.

- AFP

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