Mahmud Ahmed

Mahmud Ahmed
Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence
In office
20 October 1999 – 7 October 2001
Preceded byGen. Ziauddin Butt
Succeeded byLt-Gen. Ehsan ul Haq
President of the National Defence University
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byLt. Gen. Maqbool Ahmad
Succeeded byLt. Gen. Salah ul Din Tirmazi
Personal details
Born
Mahmud Ahmed

c. 1944 (age 79–80)
Ludhiana, Punjab, British India
(Present-day in Punjab in India)
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1964–2001
RankLieutenant-General
UnitPakistan Army Artillery Corps
(PA-7710)
CommandsCorps of Artillery
X Corps in Rawalpindi
DG Military Intelligence
23rd Infantry Division in Jhelum
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistan War of 1965
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
Kargil War
India-Pakistan Standoff of 2001
War in Afghanistan
Awards Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Lieutenant General Mahmud Ahmed HI(M) (Urdu: محمود احمد; b. 1944) is a retired Pakistani three-star rank army general who served as the Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence from 1999 to 2001.

He played commanded the X Corps against the Indian Army during the Kargil War in Indian-administered Kashmir in 1999, and was identified as one of the four army generals who helped initiate the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état against the elected civilian government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.[1] As the DG ISI, Mahmud actively supported the sponsorship of the Islamic fundamentalism by endorsing the Talibans in Afghanistan under its emir Mullah Omar in 2000.[2]

Despite helping Gen. Pervez Musharraf's usurp power from the civilian government, Lt-Gen. Ahmad was notably forced to retire from his commission when his involvement surfaced in alleged financing of the Hamburg cell led by Mohamed Atta, an al-Qaeda operative in 2000-01.[3][4][5]: 74–75 

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Economic Times, PTI 2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Tariq Ali, The Duel, 2008 Simon & Schuster
  3. ^ Harding, Luke (9 October 2001). "Musharraf dismisses two Islamist generals". the Guardian. Islamabad: The Guardian, Pakistan Bureau. the Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. ^ Abbas, Hasan (26 September 2006). "Inside Story of Musharraf-Mahmood Tussle | Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs". www.belfercenter.org. Harvard University: Dr. H. Abbas, Kennedy School of International Affairs. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  5. ^ Jan, Abid Ullah (2006). "ISI and Operation 911". From BCCI to ISI: The Saga of Entrapment Continues. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780973368765. Retrieved 27 February 2018.