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“are going to set the place on fire. Bomb it. Essentially they rely so much on technology. It’s only a facilitator, ultimately the assessment is made by human beings. Like the Indian nuclear tests, I don’t know whether it was by design. But in any case their intelligence failed.”
― A.S. Dulat, The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace

“but I went and Mani Dixit was appreciative. We chatted with his daughter Abha, who was researching on Sindh, and then I had a few minutes one-on-one with Dubey.”
― 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

“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