Pakistan's government has said it needs to purge Taleban sympathisers from within the ranks of the country's intelligence service - the ISI.
The statement comes amid claims from the US and India of links between the ISI and Islamic extremists.
Analysts say it is the first time that the Pakistan government has made such an admission.
US officials have claimed that spies in the ISI helped plan the recent suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul.
Pakistani government spokeswoman Sherry Rehman said "individuals" in the ISI were probably acting on their own and going against official policy.
She said Pakistan needed US chopper shot down near Kabul ...
Commonwealth readmits Pakistan ...
Pakistan tests ballistic missile ... to "identify these people and weed them out".
The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan, in Islamabad, says it is the first time a member of the Pakistan government has talked about the ISI in this manner.
However, Ms Rehman said there was no proof of ISI involvement in last month's bombing of India's embassy in Kabul.
There was no immediate response from the Pakistani military.
(BBC)
<< Back