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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (6) Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared Green blunder hands U.S. draw with England 12 Jun 2010 Heat on BP to improve oil spill response | Video 3:10am EDT No damage reported from Japanese quake 1:29am EDT Tsunami alerts canceled after strong Indian Ocean quake 12 Jun 2010 Green blunder hands U.S. draw with England 2:33am EDT Obama takes aim at Republicans on healthcare 1:05am EDT Sorry Barack, I'm watching World Cup, says Biden 11 Jun 2010 Obama takes aim at Republicans again on healthcare 12 Jun 2010 Report slams Pakistan for meddling in Afghanistan 12 Jun 2010 Sailor Abby Sunderland found safe in Indian Ocean 11 Jun 2010 Iceland passes gay marriage law in unanimous vote 11 Jun 2010 Heat on BP to improve oil spill response | Video 3:10am EDT Report slams Pakistan for meddling in Afghanistan 12 Jun 2010 Green blunder hands U.S. draw with England 12 Jun 2010 Tsunami alerts canceled after strong Indian Ocean quake 12 Jun 2010 Foxconn suicide probe to be made public 12 Jun 2010 Obama takes aim at Republicans again on healthcare 12 Jun 2010 Costly nuclear fusion demo worries cash-strapped EU 09 Jun 2010 Obama takes aim at Republicans on healthcare 1:05am EDT Sorry Barack, I'm watching World Cup, says Biden 11 Jun 2010 Report slams Pakistan for meddling in Afghanistan Jonathon Burch KABUL Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:20pm EDT Related News Suicide bomber kills dozens at Afghan wedding party Thu, Jun 10 2010 Analysis: As Pakistan stares at India, India eyes the world Thu, Jun 10 2010 Afghan ex-intel chief opposed Karzai peace plan Tue, Jun 8 2010 Analysis: Pakistan's Punjab "in denial" over local militants Tue, Jun 8 2010 Afghan ex-intel chief says opposed Karzai peace plan Mon, Jun 7 2010 Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari attends the Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan IV. Trilateral Summit Meeting in Istanbul, January 25, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Osman Orsal KABUL (Reuters) - Pakistani military intelligence not only funds and trains Taliban fighters in Afghanistan but is officially represented on the movement's leadership council, giving in significant influence over operations, a report said. World The report, published by the London School of Economics, a leading British institution, on Sunday, said research strongly suggested support for the Taliban was the "official policy" of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI). Although links between the ISI and Islamist militants have been widely suspected for a long time, the report's findings, which it said were corroborated by two senior Western security officials, could raise more concerns in the West over Pakistan's commitment to help end the war in Afghanistan. The report also said Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was reported to have visited senior Taliban prisoners in Pakistan earlier this year, where he is believed to have promised their release and help for militant operations, suggesting support for the Taliban "is approved at the highest level of Pakistan's civilian government." A Pakistani diplomatic source described that report as "naive," and also said any talks with the Taliban were up to the Afghan government. "Pakistan appears to be playing a double-game of astonishing magnitude," said the report, based on interviews with Taliban commanders and former senior Taliban ministers as well as Western and Afghan security officials. "DUPLICITY" In March 2009, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command, said they had indications elements in the ISI supported the Taliban and al Qaeda and said the agency must end such activities. Nevertheless, senior Western officials have been reluctant to talk publicly on the subject for fear of damaging possible cooperation from Pakistan, a nuclear-armed state Washington has propped up with billions of dollars in military and economic aid. "The Pakistan government's apparent duplicity -- and awareness of it among the American public and political establishment -- could have enormous geo-political implications," said the report's author, Matt Waldman, a fellow at Harvard University. "Without a change in Pakistani behavior it will be difficult if not impossible for international forces and the Afghan government to make progress against the insurgency," Waldman said in the report. The report comes at the end of one of the bloodiest weeks for foreign troops in Afghanistan -- more than 21 have been killed this week -- and at a time when the insurgency is at its most violent. More than 1,800 foreign troops, including some 1,100 Americans, have died in Afghanistan since U.S.-backed Afghan forces overthrew the Taliban in late 2001. The war has already cost the United States around $300 billion and now costs more than $70 billion a year, the report said, citing 2009 U.S. Congressional research figures. VIOLENT REGIONS The report said interviews with Taliban commanders in some of the most violent regions in Afghanistan "suggest that Pakistan continues to give extensive support to the insurgency in terms of funding, munitions and supplies." "These accounts were corroborated by former Taliban ministers, a Western analyst and a senior U.N. official based in Kabul, who said the Taliban largely depend on funding from the ISI and groups in Gulf countries," the report said. Almost all of the Taliban commanders interviewed in the report also believed the ISI was represented on the Quetta Shura, the Taliban's supreme leadership council based in Pakistan. "Interviews strongly suggest that the ISI has representatives on the (Quetta) Shura, either as participants or observers, and the agency is thus involved at the highest level of the movement," the report said. The report also stated that Pakistani President Zardari, along with a senior ISI official, allegedly visited some 50 senior Taliban prisoners at a secret location in Pakistan where he told them they had been arrested only because he was under pressure from the United States. "(This) suggests that the policy is approved at the highest level of Pakistan's civilian government," the report said. Afghanistan has also been highly critical of Pakistan's ISI involvement in the conflict in Afghanistan. Last week, the former director of Afghanistan's intelligence service, Amrullah Saleh, resigned saying he had become an obstacle to President Hamid Karzai's plans to negotiate with the insurgents. In an exclusive interview with Reuters at his home a day after he resigned, Saleh said the ISI was "part of the landscape of destruction in this country." "It will be a waste of time to provide evidence of ISI involvement. They are a part of it. The Pakistani army of which ISI is a part, they know where the Taliban leaders are -- in their safe houses," he told Reuters. (Editing by David Fox and Alex Richardson) World Comments See All Comments (6) | Post Comment Jun 12, 2010 11:55pm EDT It is naive to think that they are not all helping each other. They are all true brothers of Islam. They are all fighting the same enemy….by the way….that is us, the United States. It is a mystery to me to understand how the United States believes that they are on our side when we slaughter them. I can only understand these wars in the light that America is the business of war. People make much money…win or lose who cares,..besides…..WIN OR LOSE WHAT ? What am I going to win ? sicilianwolfman Report As Abusive Jun 13, 2010 1:53am EDT I would not be surprised if Obama is in on it too. The kind of money that he is paying Pakistan is more than enough to turn the taliban against Pakistan and teach them a good lesson. But Obama has something else in mind he wants to teach America a lesson. A lesson for all the injustices they have done against his people, the Muslims. enfant_du_dieu Report As Abusive Jun 13, 2010 2:02am EDT Good for us. The taliban are the future of Afghanistan and having leverage with them is good for Pakistan’s future. d3v Report As Abusive Jun 13, 2010 2:19am EDT The war in Afghanistan was virtually abandoned in order to concentrate on overthrowing Saddam and “rebuilding” Iraq, while divvying out oil contracts. Islam had nothing to do with it. Anonmucker Report As Abusive Jun 13, 2010 3:19am EDT It is a wrong report. Pakistan is front line ally and doing all the best she can sacrifycing alot for curbing terrorism. USA is always ordering to do more. Pakistan has spent billion of dollars and many innocent people have been killed in Mosques, streets n other places. What else Pakistan can do? Jawedan Report As Abusive Jun 13, 2010 3:24am EDT I am sick of stupid teenagers making silly comments on Obama. Everything is not about Obama. American policy towards Pakistan has been the same for years. Our allies in the middle-east are Saudi Arabia and Pakistan – 2 of the most corrupt regimes out there. This is Obama’s inheritance not his doing, and this will remain far after Obama is long gone. We screwed up the democracy in Iran in 1953, and look what we have now to deal with. How long do you think puppet governments in Afghanistan and Iraq will survive? It’s time people realize that democracy can only come from within. These narrow-minded politicians for their own short-time goals are leaving a terrible legacy to our kids. 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