ISI needs to be destroyed: India

Specifically asked about reports that ISI was behind the Kabul attack, Narayanan said “we have no doubt that the ISI is behind this”.

“The people of this country deserve to know the facts rather than being carried away by people who make statements that these are insinuations. There are no insinuations,” Narayanan said.

He said there was a need to retaliate to such acts of terror. “I think we need to pay back in the same coin. We are quite clear in our mind,” he said. When asked who should be paid back, he replied, “Those who are responsible.”

Asked whether such acts would impede the peace process, he said: “I don’t think ISI has ever been a part of the peace process.... I think we need to make a distinction” between the two.