Shamsur Rahman Kallu

Shamsur Rahman Kallue
Born	1932 Multan, British India
Died	1994 Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1951–1985 ; 1988-1990 (second stint)
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Armoured Corps
Commands held	DG Inter-Services Intelligence
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 Soviet war in Afghanistan
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Basalat

Shamsur Rahman Kallue was a veteran intelligence officer and a general in the Pakistan Army. He was also head of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).

The CIA wanted Kallue to meet Masoud to put forward U.S. interests in the region. Insight wrote (ibid):

"The next day Masoud headed off through the Hindu Kush mountain range to the border of Pakistan for a secret meeting scheduled on another mountain side with Gen. Shamsur Rahman Kallue, whose orders the fiercely independent Masoud has consistently refused to follow. After crossing two mountain passes deep in snow on his way to The Rendezvous, Masoud received a message asking him to move up the appointment. He radioed back that that was impossible and that he might be a day late because of weather. Gen. Kallue said he could not wait and returned to Islamabad, Pakistan, offering to leave a helicopter to bring Massoud to Islamabad... He declined the offer.

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