US concerned over ISI's links with terror groups, Adm Mullen

New Delhi, Jul 23 (PTI) The US on Friday said it was
certainly concerned over the alleged links that Pakistan's
intelligence agency ISI had with terror outfits and asked it
to overhaul its strategic approach.
US' Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Admiral Mike
Mullen said here that America had good intelligence sharing
arrangements with both India and Pakistan, but there was a
lot he and the American intelligence agencies "did not know"
about ISI.
"There is certainly concern with the links the ISI has...
There is a lot about ISI that I do not know and my
intelligence organisations doesn't know as well. This is an
issue in every single engagement that the American leadership
has with Pakistan, we address this very specifically," he
said.
He said ISI was operating within Pakistan in a manner it
believed was in national interest and at the same time there
were many (details of ISI's activities) that the US didn't
know.
"I believe the overall strategic approach of ISI needs to
fundamentally change specifically. That is a concern I have
raised over a significant period of time," he added.
Noting that Pakistan was an extraordinarily complex
country with the military and ISI being a part of it, Mullen
said there was a lot that the US had to learn and address,
which would take a lot of time.
He said though he did not know a lot about ISI, but from
the elements that he knew, he was sure it was "very much under
control" of the government in Pakistan. (MORE) PTI NCB
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