Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in Northeast India
By Harinder Sekhon
SSPC Paper No. 1, March 2005
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Of particular concern for India is the
increasing collusion between Pakistan’s
ISI and Bangladesh’s military intelligence
establishment, the DGFI, to keep India’s
North East bleeding “with a thousand cuts”
by stepping up anti-India activities from
Bangladesh. The ISI facilitates meetings
between various Indian insurgent groups,
arranges funds, weapons and ammunition
for them, which has resulted in the emergence
of Bangladesh as a major transit base
for smuggling of arms into India. Another
disquieting development has been the large-scale
illegal migration of Bangladesh nationals
into the region that has altered the demography
of the entire Northeast. Such steps have
been taken by the ISI to create an autonomous
Islamic state over there and ensure that
its separatist anti-India agenda is carried
out successfully to its logical conclusion.
About the Author
Harnider Sekhon, a Senior Fellow at the
Observer Reaserch Foundation, New Delhi,
is currently involved in ORF research
project, "Emerging Strategic Scenario
in the Persian Gulf and its Implications
for India." She worked as Research Officer
in the National Security Council Secretariat,
Government of India, New Delhi during
2003-2004. She is the author of Five Decades
of Indo-US Relations: Strategic and Intellectual,
UBSPD, Delhi, 2002.
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