The discovery about the links of ISI functionaries to militants has added to the US's frustration in dealing with the mounting terror attacks from the Taliban and Al Qaeda militants, slipping into Afghanistan from the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan. Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, currently visiting Washington, rejected as "not believable" the assertions of deepening ISI ties to militant groups. "We would not allow that," he said in an interview to PBS's "News Hour with Jim Lehrer".
At a public event here on Tuesday evening, Gillani sought to downplay US concerns, saying that the ISI is now directly under control of the new civilian Government headed by him.
The assurances notwithstanding, US counter-terrorism officials remain concerned. As the new Government struggles to assert control, reports spoke of Washington's fears that the ISI may become even more powerful than when President Pervez Musharraf controlled the military and the Government.
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