Former head of NDS criticizes NDS_ISI accord

The former head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Amrullah Saleh stressed that Afghan people are said to consider the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Pakistan’s intelligence a one-sided deal.

Amrullah Saleh says signing of the intelligence accord with Pakistan is a major sin because Pakistan is also officially recognizes Taliban beside Afghanistan.

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) signed the MoU with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The accord would supposedly expand operational cooperation and information sharing between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

According to The former head NDS, signing the intelligence treaty is not a good option for providing peace and stability in Afghanistan and he believes Pakistan has been known as a constant source of terrorism and extremism in the region.

“By signing the agreement with Islamabad, President Ghani introduced Afghan people half-guilty to the world,” Saleh added.

Under the agreement, the two intelligence agencies would cooperate in counter-terrorism operations. An essential element of the accord is a provision for joint probe of the terrorism suspects. The ISI would also equip the NDS and train its personnel. The deal reflects growing cooperation between the two countries after years of mistrust. The bilateral acrimony was mostly due to a rivalry between the two intelligence agencies.

NDS has recommended the following steps in order to finalize the accord.

1: The frame, authorization and limits of the accord need to be specified by the President.

2: Specialists of the related government agencies (NDS, foreign ministry, national security advisor and chief executive officer’s office who are directly reporting to the president) review and draft the contents of this accord.

3: Discussion over the draft in a meeting of the National Security Council.

4: Consultative meeting with political and Jehadi leaders as well as the elected representatives of the nation in a national consensus.

5: Handing over its text of the accord to Pakistan.

Different reports were being published regarding the accord between the intelligence agencies of the two neighboring countries.

Several members of Parliament and political leaders have also criticized such an accord because of the bad image of Pakistan’s ISI in Afghanistan.

This comes as former head of NDS believes that Paksitan has never stood by its commitments and the country is always trying to weaken the Afghan government.