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The International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA), founded in 1996, is an organization based in Bogata, Texas that governs a practical shooting sport (IDPA), which is based on defensive pistol tactics, everyday carry equipment, and full-charge service ammunition, to solve simulated "real world" self-defense scenarios. Competitors (shooters ...
Name Start of term End of term 1 Major General. Walter Cawthorn [1] January 1948 June 1948 2 Brigadier. Syed Shahid Hamid HJ. 14 July 1948 [4] [5] 22 August 1950 3 Brigadier. Mirza Hamid Hussain [4] 23 August 1950 [6] May 1951 4 Colonel. Muhammad Afzal Malik [4] May 1951 April 1953 5 Brigadier. Syed Ghawas [4] April 1953 August 1955 6 Brigadier ...
The Inter-Services Intelligence was established in 1948. It was the brainchild of Major General Walter Cawthorn, then Deputy Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army, following the First Kashmir War which had exposed weaknesses in intelligence gathering, sharing, and coordination between the army, air force, navy, Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Military Intelligence (MI).
International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) [10] International Gallery Rifle Federation (IGRF) International Hunting Rifle Shooting Association (IHRSA) [11] International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU) [12] International Military Sports Council (IMSC) [13] French: Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM)
With the first publicly-known ISI operation in Afghanistan occurring in 1975, [1] in response to a limited border conflict between the two nations, [2] [3] [4] ISI's operations in Afghanistan grew exponentially in response to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with backing from Saudi Arabia and the United States' Operation Cyclone. [5]
[note 2] For a complete and up-to-date list of all the ISO standards, see the ISO catalogue. [1] The standards are protected by copyright and most of them must be purchased. However, about 300 of the standards produced by ISO and IEC's Joint Technical Committee 1 have been made freely and publicly available. [2]
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The ISI has reportedly been suspicious about CIA's attempted penetration of Pakistani nuclear assets, and CIA's alleged intelligence gathering in the Pakistan's tribal areas along the Afghan border. Based on these suspicions, it was speculated that the ISI was pursuing counter-intelligence against CIA operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan. [ 2 ]