The reason for the deep distrust was due to Iran and Pakistan's open opposition in the 1992 and 1996 Afghanistan wars, as Iran backed the Northern Alliance while Pakistan backed Taliban; ironically Turkey issued minimal support for Northern Alliance due to presence of Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum but didn't involve to preserve the relations with Pakistan.[53][54][55] Therefore, since 2000s, Iran has sought to lure Pakistani Shiites to serve Iran's conflict, and many of them involved into war in Syria and Iraq against Turkish interests, inflaming outcries in Pakistan demanding the Pakistani authorities to investigate Iran's meddling in the country, despite Pakistan's expression on good relations with Iran.[56][57][58] This has also followed with Pakistan's alignment with majority of Turkish interests, such as conflict in Caucasus and Syria, which Iran was deeply appalled.[59] Likewise, Iran didn't react so supportive to Pakistan's request on bringing the Kashmir issue, complicated the relations.[60]