Hamid Gul Politician

Lieutenant-General Hamid Gul (Urdū:حمید گل; born 20 November 1936) HI(M), SBt, is a retired high-ranking general officer in the Pakistan Army, and a former spymaster famous for serving as the Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan's premier intelligence agency, between 1987 and 1989 during the late stages of and post-stages of the Soviet war in Afghanistan.Gul is widely known and credited for pressing the hard-line policies on India after starting the insurgency in Kashmir against India in 1989 by diverting the Mujahideen who participated in the Soviet war to Indian-held Kashmir. Gul was also instrumental in the establishment of the Taliban and was once known as the "father of the Taliban". 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.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).

Personal facts

Birth date	November 20, 1936
Birth place	Punjab Province (British India) , Sargodha , Presidencies and provinces of British India , British Raj
Religion	Islam
Education	Government College University Lahore Pakistan Military Academy

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awards	Hilal-i-Imtiaz
military operations	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–92) Soviet war in Afghanistan Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
military command	DG Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) DG Military Intelligence (DGMI) 1st Armoured Division Multan II Strike Corps Multan
military rank	Lieutenant general (Pakistan)
military unit	Pakistan Army Armoured Corps
office	Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence
service end	1992
service start	1957
successor	Shamsur Rahman Kallu