Yassar

“Kashmir took me to Pakistan. And in trying to figure out Pakistan, that took me to Afghanistan. And looking at Afghanistan, I find so many similarities with Kashmir. (Pakistani”
― A.S. Dulat, The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace

“Afghanistan is hot enough, Iran is experienced enough and sometimes independent enough, and the US also still meddles in the region’s affairs. The ISI had to juggle many balls.”
― A.S. Dulat, The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace

“When it was published, I think during my period, someone came and said look at what’s written. What should we do? Should we get a hold of the man, court martial him, issue a rebuttal? I said, there must be 20 people who have read it but once we do something, 200 people will read it.”
― A.S. Dulat, The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace

“the Mongol rulers of what became Iran, a few Christian”
― William R. Polk, Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Khamenei