Gul is widely known and credited for pressing the hard-line policies on India after starting the insurgency in Kashmir against India in 1989[2] by diverting the Mujahideen who PARTICIPATED in the Soviet war to Indian-held Kashmir. Gul was also instrumental in the establishment of theTaliban and was once known as the "father of the Taliban".[3] Apart from the Kashmir militancy in India and the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, Gul is also accused by the United States of having ties to Islamic terrorist organisations such as the Al Qaeda.[4]
Gul's tenure as the director of the ISI coincided with Benazir Bhutto's term as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Later, Gul established the Islamic Democratic Alliance (IDA).
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