Former US National Security Advisor (NSA) Lieutenant General (Retired) HR McMaster has exposed the terrorist face of Pakistan's spy agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). Along with this, ISI's collusion with terrorists in an incident related to hostages in Pakistan was also revealed.
ISI's nexus with terrorist organizations exposed
McMaster said there was no doubt that the ISI was in cahoots with terrorist organisations. He also highlighted that during the tenure of then-President Donald Trump, the White House had faced resistance from the State Department and the Pentagon regarding security assistance to Pakistan.
McMaster became NSA under Trump
McMaster was the US NSA during Trump's tenure from February 20, 2017 to April 9, 2018. In his book 'At War With Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House', 62-year-old McMaster said that Trump directed to halt all aid to Pakistan until it stops providing safe havens to terrorists.
Many secrets revealed in the book!
Despite this, the then Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was planning to provide military assistance to Islamabad, including armored vehicles worth more than $150 million. However, the aid was stopped after his intervention. He wrote in the book that, 'Pakistan is not changing its behavior. Before Mattis's visit, he had removed Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, from his post. Apart from this, the ISI's collusion with terrorists was revealed in an incident related to hostages in Pakistan.