RAW and `RAAM`

EVERYBODY knows about RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) — the dreaded intelligence agency of India, but nobody knows about RAAM (Riyast-i-Amoor-o-Amanat-i-Milliyah) — the intelligence agency of Afghanistan.

Earlier in the Cold War era, KHAD happened to be the premier Afghan intelligence agency, which was dismantled when the mujahideen and then Taliban took over.
It is not surprising that the recently-formed Afghan intelligence agency, RAAM, has close similarity with the name `RAW`.
It has many reasons RAAM has been established with the help of Indian RAW — a large number of RAW personnel and agents are working in RAAM, who are providing all kinds of assistance, coordination and collaboration. RAAM is in fact the extension and sub-wing of RAW.

The fact that Afghanistan — which is not part of South Asia — has been included in the SAARC, justifies the Indian designs to extend Akhand Bharat`s domain beyond Afghanistan.
It is now an established fact that RAW and RAAM are actively involved in fuelling unrest in Pakistan`s tribal areas.
This is evident from a report that appeared in a section of the press (Oct22), which says that the three arrested members of a militants` gang especially deputed by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan — namely Khurram Ishtiaq, Ghulam Mustafa and Shamim — have disclosed that RAW has been funding suicide bomb attacks in Pakistan and that the Indian intelligence agency has funneled Rs680 million through its links with the Afghan secret agency, RAAM.