RAW manages blast in Jalalabad to destabilize Pak-Afghan ties’

 Mian Saifur Rehman

The latest Jalalabad suicide bomb blast is the handiwork of RAW and its associates and operatives and it was timed in such a manner to take place at the time when the passing out parade was scheduled at Kakul Academy in Pakistan with the participation of Afghan Army chief as the parade’s chief guest.

 According to Pakistan’s highly authentic defence sources, as Indian intelligence agencies have intensified their destabilizing efforts in the region, Pakistan’s intelligence network has enhanced its surveillance capability that has enabled it to unearth RAW linkages behind Jalalabad suicide attack. This attack was conducted in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad, killing 33 people and injuring more than 100 outside a bank where government workers collect salaries.

 According to reliable Pakistani sources in the security establishment, the only objective of carrying out this “timed (or well-timed)” suicide attack was to sabotage the growing Pak-Afghan collaboration in the area of securing the region as well as in the area of combating terrorism.

When asked whether this information about RAW’s involvement was an inference drawn from the Indian agency’s track record or otherwise, the Pakistani defence sources told The News that they (Pak intelligence) carried out intensive research into the happening that was investigated in the light of substantial evidence connecting RAW and its operatives and supporters with the tragic occurrence of Jalalabad.

 It was also revealed on this occasion that RAW intends to activate its operatives to carry out more attacks of varied nature.

 The sole purpose, according to sources, was to “avenge” the growing nearness between Pakistan and Afghanistan and to create an atmosphere of widespread insecurity by way of destabilising the region.