Taliban reveals level of Pakistan aid

PAKISTAN’S security service provides weapons and training to Taliban insurgents fighting US and British troops in Afghanistan, despite official denials, Taliban commanders say, in allegations that could worsen tensions between Pakistan and the US.

A number of middle- ranking Taliban commanders revealed the extent of Pakistani support in interviews for a BBC documentary series, Secret Pakistan, the first part of which was broadcast last night.

A former head of Afghan intelligence also told the show that Afghanistan gave Pakistan’s former president General Pervez Musharraf, information in 2006 that Osama bin Laden was hiding in northern Pakistan close to where the former al-Qaida leader was eventually killed by US special forces in May.