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HARDtalk: General Asad Durrani

Former head of Pakistan's intelligence service Gen Asad Durrani

11/02/2015 GMT

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Sarah Montague talks to retired General Asad Durrani, former head of Pakistan's ISI.

HARDtalk speaks to General Asad Durrani, who used to run Pakistan's intelligence service. Is Pakistan prepared to change and no longer distinguish between "good" and "bad" Taliban?

Pakistan's Intelligence Service has long been accused of looking both ways: of tackling terrorists when they target Pakistan but actively supporting them when they target Afghanistan or India. But when 152 people were killed in the school in Peshawar, Pakistan's Prime Minister said it was time to change, that the country would no longer distinguish between "good" and "bad" Taliban. Retired General Asad Durrani used to run Pakistan's intelligence service. Are they really prepared to make enemies of their former friends? And what difference will it make?

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