After getting promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in September 2014 , he was posted as Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence .
Akhtar is also considered to have extensive experience of counterinsurgency from a previous posting in the border region of South Waziristan .
After getting promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in September 2014 , Akhtar was posted as Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence .
Akhtar is also considered to have extensive experience of counterinsurgency from a previous posting in the border region of South Waziristan .