New York, July 27 - Pakistan will not find it easy to dismantle the elaborate network of jehadis because their 'anti-Indian culture' is strong in this country, the New York Times reported Monday.

'Sympathies for Lashkar-e-Taiba and its jehadist and anti-Indian culture run deep in this country, raising a serious challenge to any long-lasting moves to dismantle the network,' the Times said.

It quoted an unnamed officer of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) as saying that the Lashkar commanded 150,000 members and together with the Jaish-e-Mohammad, the jehadis could put Pakistan 'up in flames'.

However, the jehadis 'were good people', the paper quoted the officer as saying.

The primary goal of Lashkar, which operates under the front of a charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, is the defeat of India. The group embraces a strong anti-Israeli platform and adheres to Ahl-i-Hadith, a strain of the Wahabi sect of Islam, the Times said.

Lashkar has the capacity to quickly and inexpensively train young men from villages into intensely driven, proficient killers, warned a US official.