Pakistan's ISI Sends High-Level Delegation To Dhaka. India Says "Keeping An Eye

Rawalpindi secretly dispatched a senior delegation to Dhaka. A senior official from Bangladesh's Directorate General of Forces Intelligence or DGFI received them at the airport upon their arrival aboard an Emirates Airlines flight routed via Dubai.

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Pakistan's ISI Sends High-Level Delegation To Dhaka. India Says "Keeping An Eye

Rawalpindi secretly dispatched a senior delegation to Dhaka. A senior official from Bangladesh's Directorate General of Forces Intelligence or DGFI received them at the airport upon their arrival aboard an Emirates Airlines flight routed via Dubai.

Pakistan's notorious spy agency ISI has secretly sent four top members to Dhaka, raising a red flag in New Delhi. Acknowledging the development, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday that India is keeping a very close watch on the developments in its immediate neighbourhood, especially ones that having a bearing on its national security. "Appropriate action" will be taken, if required, the foreign ministry said.

Pakistani spy agency ISI's Director General of Analysis Maj Gen Shahid Amir Afsar and other senior officials are reportedly visiting Bangladesh at the moment. The visit comes close on the heels of a Bangladeshi military delegation visiting Rawalpindi and meeting the army, air force, and navy chiefs.

country and in the region, as well as all activities affecting our national security, and the government will take appropriate steps," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in response to a question on fast-growing military engagement between Bangladesh and Pakistan.

ISI OFFICIALS IN DHAKA

According to a report in the Hindustan Times, less than a week after a Bangladeshi military delegation toured Pakistan, meeting all three service chiefs, Rawalpindi has sent four senior officers, including a two-star General of the ISI to Dhaka. The report, which attributes the development to unnamed sources familiar with the matter, states that Major General Shahid Amir Afsar, who is the Director General of Analysis in the ISI, and has served as Pakistan's defence attache in Beijing, is part of the delegation.

The six-member Bangladeshi delegation which visited Rawalpindi - the town where Pakistan's military headquarters is based - was led by Lt. Gen. SM Kamrul Hasan, the Principal Staff Officer of the Bangladesh Armed Forces Division. Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir reportedly met them for extensive talks. The Bangladeshi delegation.