New Delhi: The world community should express as much concern over the role of Pakistan's Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI) as it does for al-Qaeda and Taliban if terrorism is to be checked, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said today (Nov 21).

"The threat from ISI is more ... it is more dangerous than al-Qaeda or Taliban, because these are non- Governmental organisations which are supported by some Governments. But the ISI is itself a Government body," he said while releasing a book on the money laundering menace authored by Additional Commissioner, Customs and Excise, Arya Ashok Kumar.

Speaking on how narco-terrorism was funded by money laundering, Advani said some sections even now do not realise the threat posed by ISI, despite a whole lot of evidence about its role in nurturing terrorism.

World leaders, he said, now realise the import of India's cautioning them about terrorism which it had been facing over the past two decades.

"Even Pakistan now condemns terror attacks claiming innocent lives. Though this is all on theory, Pakistan continues to do the same (supporting terrorism) in practice," the DPM said.

PTI