The former have supplied the leadership and foot soldiers to the Pakistani Taliban and the latter has fought, often with devastating effect, against the government in Kabul and American and NATO troops. Both groups aim to replace their countries’ governments with an Islamic caliphate, based on what they interpret as the tenets of Islam.
杜兰德线将一些普什图部落的领地一分为二，包括梅苏德（Mehsuds）和玛卡尼（Maqqanis）。前者为巴基斯坦塔利班贡献了领袖和步兵，后者则与喀布尔政府以及美国和北约部队作战，时常造成伤亡。着两个集团都想用伊斯兰哈里发帝国取代所在国家政府——他们认为这是伊斯兰教义。几十年来，伊斯兰堡和喀布尔政府在剿灭这两个集团的据点方面收效甚微，他们能够自由穿行于巡防松弛的边界间。