The country’s intelligence services had a hand in the group’s formation and in its rise to power in neighboring Afghanistan. Many in the international community suspect that some in the Pakistani military and its spy networks continued to support the Taliban even after the country joined what then-US President George W. Bush called “the war on terror” in 2001.
巴基斯坦与塔利班的关系错综复杂。巴情报机构与塔利班集团的形成及其在邻国阿富汗的崛起并掌权有着莫大的关系。国际社会中有不少人怀疑巴基斯坦军方中的一些人和间谍网络在巴基斯坦加入了时任美国总统小布什2001年发起的所谓“反恐战争”后仍在继续支持塔利班。