Leaked NATO report claims to expose direct links between ISI, Taliban

A secret NATO report claims to “fully expose” direct links between Pakistan’s Inter Sevices Intelligence (ISI) and the Taliban, the BBC reported early on Wednesday.

The leaked report has been derived from thousands of interrogations of captured Taliban, al Qaeda and other foreign fighters and civilians.

According to the BBC, the leaked report notes “Pakistan manipulation of the Taliban senior leadership continues unabatedly.”

It goes on to add “as this report is derived directly from insurgents, it should be considered informational and not necessarily analytical.”

The BBC report cited its correspondent in Kabul, Quentin Sommerville, who called the report “painful reading” for international forces fighting in Afghanistan, and the Afghan government.

Pakistan has denied it has any links with the Taliban, but maintains that solution to the region is an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process.

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