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Fresh accusations by the Bush administration have emerged recently that Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the dreaded Inter-Services Intelligence is assisting militants in the tribal areas ahead of strikes by U.S. forces has put the spotlight on this infamous agency’s workings once again.
The allegations followed a botched attempt by the Pakistani government to bring the ISI under the control of the Interior Ministry, a notification that they withdrew hours later. Skeptics and defence analysts have argued that there has to be some control maintained over the agency, which for years has functioned independently of the state. The ISI is supposed to report to the Prime Minister, but critics argue that that is not the case. The ISI has also come under much criticism over the past few years, after thousands of people went missing in the country, many believed to be in the custody of the intelligence agencies.
The ISI has a turbulent relationship with the United States, but an extremely close one with the militants the U.S is now hoping to eradicate, whether its through Predator drone led attacks, or by covert operations.
Ex-members of the ISI, including General (retired) Hameed Gul have allegedly maintained links with various militant organizations that they helped create in the 80s, who helped create thousands of mujahideen at the expense of U.S and Saudi Arabian aid to fight the Soviet-Afghan war. Many feel that Pakistan turning its back on the very people it helped create post 9/11 was a mistake, and one that Pakistan should not have committed, since the mujahideen were helping fight the decades old Kashmir conflict. The flip side of the argument is that it will take years before the militants are weeded out of the area. However, this will not happen before the powers that be stop all covert support to the groups that are currently fighting for power in the war-weary tribal regions of Pakistan. But most important of all, the ISI must be depoliticized and it must be brought back under the control of the civilian government.
RSS 
I am afraid this is a rather short sighted view of the whole issue.
You seem to believe what the USA wants you to; that the ISI controls the militants!
Think again -and here are a few questions to help you:
1.If this were so, would the militants be killing Pakistani policemen,armed services personnal and Pakistani civilians?
2.Who paid for training ,arming ,feeding and recruitment of these Islamist militants in the first place-ISI or CIA?
3.Whose agenda did these Islamist militants serve in the Afghan War;In the division of Yougoslavia;in the alleged 9/11 attack —and even now in Afghanistan whose agenda are they serving ;that of the USA,that of Islam or that of Pakistan?
4.Even now America sitting in Afghanistan is giving the militants more money training and arms then either Pakistan or India can ever give them.(though in a few cases using RAW and Indian commandos in Afghanistan to do the actual dirty work).....
5.Meanwhile they have entered into a nuclear treaty with India so they can start infiltrating their spies in that country more easily in the guise of advisors(remember CENTO and SEATO in our case was the start of their infiltration).After the Indian RAW and military is gotten involved in Afghanistan.Then the Indian embassy get blown up and their ambassador killed.Remember our ambassador too remained abducted for four months before that.Then bombs start going off all over India too.You think the ISI or RAW are doing any of this . Well I have news for you - they may be ;but if so either of them are not serving their own national interests ,but that of USA.
5.We are already seeing India being made ripe for terrorist activity ;this is only the initial stage;and who will gain –ofcourse the worlds sole power!India is more vurnable to disunity once this game starts then we are.Think of The Sikhs,The Dalits,The Muslims,The Nagas,The Mizos,The Tamils etc
6.I wish the leaders of both countries wake up in time to the gravity of the threat facing them .If they remain dis-united and in a state of mutual confrontation or mud slinging -only the outsider with global ambitions will gain.
