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'The Spy Chronicles' co-author Amarjit Dulat defends former ISI chief

'The Spy Chronicles' co-author Amarjit Dulat defends former ISI chief

Amarjit Singh Dulat

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India's former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Amarjit Singh Dulat and ex-ISI chief Asad Durrani had written the controversial book together

India's former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Amarjit Singh Dulat has come on record and defended the ex-ISI chief Asad Durrani, with whom he had co-authored a book which talked about the number of fronts concerning ties between India and Pakistan.

Backing Durrani over the content of the book, Dulat told news agency ANI, “Things written in book are his (Asad Durrani) memories. Even former foreign secretary of Pakistan, Riaz Mohammad Khan, said that 26/11 Mumbai attacks destroyed Pakistan's credibility in Kashmir. If a former foreign secretary can get away with it, why not ISI chief?”

Pakistan's spy agency ISI's former chief Lt Gen (retd.) Asad Durrani has been banned from leaving the country and will face a Court of Inquiry over a controversial book he recently co-authored with India's former intelligence head.

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Daulat said that the Exit Control decision was rather "unfortunate" and that the book does not have anything that others don't know about. “His views are well-known. There are no new things in the book (The Spy Chronicles). This is very unfortunate that such things are being done to Asad Durrani,” he said.

Durrani, who headed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency from August 1990 till March 1992, along with former RAW chief A S Dulat has recently published the book titled 'The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace' in India.

He was summoned to the General Headquarters (GHQ) today to explain his position on the book 'Spy Chronicles', said a statement issued today by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) - the Pakistan military's media wing.

Durrani was apparently summoned after ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif demanded an urgent meeting of the high-powered National Security Committee (NSC) to discuss a recent book co-authored by former spy chiefs of Pakistan and India.