It also said that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate was involved in the blasts.

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An official with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate military spy agency contested the U.S. view that Dr. Afridi was a patriot.

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Prince MUQRAN BIN ABDUL AZIZ (Director General, General Intelligence Directorate, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia): We're really hoping that His Excellency, Nawaz Sharif, honors this agreement.

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Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) oversees Afghan operations.

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In an experiment that bears watching, the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) and the DO have begun to co-locate their personnel.

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In the CIA Directorate of Intelligence at Langley, Virginia, eyes will be rolling skywards as analysts work out the long-term damage to US intelligence.

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Mr. Azimi also is an occasional informant for Afghanistan's U.S.-funded intelligence service, the National Directorate of Security, say people familiar with the matter.

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Karzai described the payments as a form of "government-to-government" assistance, and while he wouldn't say how much the CIA gave to the National Directorate of Security, which is the Afghan intelligence service, he said the financial help was very useful.

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