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Operation Baghar: A Watershed Moment in Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Journey
In the last week of September 2003, a local asset, intelligence speak for an informant, with substantial access to local and global jihadist factions like Al-Qaeda, walked into a regional office of Pakistan's premier intelligence agency, the Inter-Services-Intelligence (ISI).The information he carried would set the stage for one of the most significant counter-terrorism operations in Pakistan's history. Reflecting on Operation Baghar can illustrate where things went wrong for Islamabad after it... Read More