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Know more about ISI, Pakistan's spy agency

New Delhi: One of the most notorious intelligence services in the world, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence was started in 1948, just a year after the country gained independence from India.  The power of  ISI is so

PTI Updated on: August 23, 2014 8:23 IST


Although all groups reportedly received arms and training from Pakistan, the pro-Pakistani groups were reputed to be favored by the ISI. 



The separatist  Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), spearheaded the movement for an independent Kashmir. This group declared a cease-fire in 1994. 

The most powerful of the pro-Pakistani groups is the Hizb-ul-Mujahedin. The other major groups are Harkat-ul Ansar, a group which reportedly has a large number of non-Kashmiris in it, Al Umar, Al Barq, Jaish-e-Mohammad, and Lashkar-e Toiba, which is also made up largely of fighters from Afghanistan and Pakistan. 
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