Inter-Services Intelligence support for terrorism

The Inter-Services Intelligence agency has long used terrorists to conduct Proxy wars against it's neighbors. All external operations are carried out under the supervision of the S Wing of the ISI. The agency is divided into Eight divisions. and the Joint Intelligence/North(JIN) is responsible for conducting operations in Jammu and Kashmir and Afghanistan.
Support for terrorists
The ISI's aid to and creation of terrorist and religious extremist groups is well documented. The ISI have close ties to Lashkar-e-Taiba who carried out the attacks in Mumbai in 2008. The ISI have also given aid to Hizbul Mujahideen. The ISI has a long history of supporting terrorist groups operating in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir which fight against Indian interests. The ISI also helped with the founding of the terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed. The ISI also founded Al-Badr Mujahideen who were involved in the genocides in Bangladesh in the 1970's.
External operations
Joint Intelligence/North(JIN) are responsible for the control of the Heroin trade used to finance ISI operations. They have control over opium production and refining and also control all smuggling operations between Afghanistan and Pakistan. They also control the Army of Islam which consists of Al Qaeda, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Al-Badr and Jaish-e-Mohammed
Activities in Balochistan
The ISI has been accused of massive human rights abuses in Balochistan by Human Rights Watch, with the disappearances of hundreds of nationalists and activists. In 2008 alone an estimated 1102 people were disappeared from the region. There have also been reports of torture. An increasing number of bodies are being found on roadsides having been shot in the head. In July 2011, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan issued a report on illegal disappearances in Balochistan and identified ISI and Frontier Corps as the perpetrators. Through daily news reports it has been noted that ISI and Frontier Corps puts to death illegally abducted Balochs whenever there is attack on FC's personnel or bases in Balochistan.

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