Spy War in South Asia: Intelligence Failure, Reforms and the Fight Against Cross Border Terrorism in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Afghanistan

Jalalzai, Musa Khan

ISBN 10: 9388161998 / ISBN 13: 9789388161992

Published by Vij Books India, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spy War in South Asia: Intelligence Failure, Reforms and the Fight Against Cross Border Terrorism in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Afghanistan
• Publisher: Vij Books India
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9388161998
• ISBN 13: 9789388161992
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The central intelligence agencies have earned the wrath of the government for failing to sufficiently warn local agencies. Why do our secret intelligence agencies fail repeatedly? Is it because of the lack of adequate intelligence, the dearth of trained manpower in the intelligence sector, failure to apply latest sophisticated technology in surveillance, lack of proper intelligence sharing between the Centre and the states, lack of action on available intelligence, or the lack of sensible intelligence reforms? There were reports in yesteryears that Pakistani intelligence had established spy networks in some states of South Asia to closely monitor India's intelligence, political and military activities. What further reforms have been undertaken by the political leadership to fight this menace? Invariably we see the blame game after the failure has occurred and committees set up for reforms. But very seldom any action is taken on the ground. This book highlights the operational mechanism, reform packages, and failures of intelligence agencies in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

About the Author

Musa Khan Jalalzai is a journalist and research scholar. He has written extensively on Afghanistan, terrorism, nuclear and biological terrorism, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and intelligence research and analysis. He was an Executive Editor of the Daily Outlook Afghanistan from 2005-2011, and a permanent contributor in Pakistan's daily The Post, Daily Times, and The Nation, Weekly the Nation, (London). However, in 2004, US Library of Congress in its report for South Asia mentioned him as the biggest and prolific writer. He received Masters in English literature, Diploma in Geospatial Intelligence, University of Maryland, Washington DC, certificate in Surveillance Law from the University of Stanford, USA, and diploma in Counter terrorism from Pennsylvania State University, California, the United States.