REPORTS OF AFGHAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS IN DELHI DENIED BY GDI

Kabul based sources including those in General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI), the intelligence agency of Afghanistan, have denied reports that its members are working as diplomats in New Delhi.

- ABHINANDAN MISHRA

Terming the reports claiming presence of GDI officials in Delhi since February as ‘totally false’, GDI sources and independent sources with links in GDI told the Sunday Guardian that the baseless reports were being generated to damage the ties between Kabul and Delhi and in-volve Western countries who are publicly sensitive with the issue of their allies engaging on strategic and security issues with Kabul.

The presence of GDI officials in Delhi would imply that India was engaging with Kabul on security related aspects, something that can only be done when the ties between the two countries have reached a level of mutual trust.

The said news was initially shared by entities who are seen as ‘anti-Taliban’. This was then amplified by outlets who are considered as the propaganda arm of Pakistan’s intelligence agency.

Sources familiar with the security situation in Kabul told the Sunday Guardian that amidst the warmth between Kabul and Delhi, the ties between Kabul and Islamabad are at their lowest ebb as a result of which the Pakistan deep state is using terror organizations like ISIS (Daesh) to weaken the Taliban government.