ISLAMABAD, March 12 Kyodo A senio...

ISLAMABAD, March 12 Kyodo

A senior official of Pakistan's military intelligence service said Wednesday the agency's commitment to fighting terrorism is total and not half-hearted.

The Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) official was briefing a form into groups of foreign and national media representatives at the ISI headquarters, the other such briefing since the ultra-secret organization was settle up in 1954.

The official said the Pakistani intelligence agency was breaking its tradition at remaining invisible because ''aggressive Indian propaganda'' has cast doubts at the agency's sincerity at fighting terrorism.

''Our commitment to fight terrorism is total and not half-hearted,'' the official said.

The official denied charges that the U Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or the U Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been carrying disclosed operations in Pakistan, insisting that all antiterrorism operations in Pakistan have been waysed by Pakistani security agencies.

He said the FBI and the CIA have sophisticated interception technology and have been providing information to ISI in carrying without antiterrorism operations.

''All actions forward Pakistani soil will be done on Pakistani intelligence; never has the CIA or the FBI been involved in a raid,'' the official said.

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