London: The Pakistani security services are secretly helping Afghanistan’s Taliban, a secret Nato report said.
According to media reports, the leaked “State of the Taliban” report was compiled from information from insurgent detainees and was given to Nato commanders in Afghanistan last month.
It said that Pakistan and its spy outfit the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) directorate are aware of the locations of senior Taliban leaders.
According to BBC the report was based on material from 27,000 interrogations of more than 4,000 captured Taliban and al-Qaeda operatives, plus other foreign fighters and civilians.
“Pakistan’s manipulation of the Taliban senior leadership continues unabatedly,” the report was quoted as saying.
“ISI officers tout the need for continued jihad and expulsion of foreign invaders from Afghanistan.”
The Times quoted the report as saying the Taliban’s “strength, motivation, funding and tactical proficiency remains intact”, despite setbacks in 2011.
“Many Afghans are already bracing themselves for an eventual return of the Taliban,” it said.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Wednesday hit out angrily at a leaked Nato report, calling it “frivolous” and “not worth commenting on”.
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