A 2012 documentary reveals how US troopers knew that their enemies have been sheltered and supported by Pakistan

A documentary launched in 2012, nearly a decade earlier than the autumn of Kabul to resurgent Taliban, make clear the double-dealing of the entities that recognized themselves because the allies of the United States however have been covertly working to undermine its mission in Afghanistan. Titles ‘The Secret War’, it particulars how the United States was preventing a shedding battle in Afghanistan all these years.
Following the dual tower assaults in September 2001, the United States had invaded Afghanistan and toppled the then Taliban regime from energy, in a bid to find Osama Bin Laden and obliterate the phobia community of his organisation, Al Qaeda. Almost 10 years later, Osama Bin Laden was killed in a secret operation carried out by the Special US Forces after his location was traced to a nondescript compound within the backwater city of Abbottabad, Pakistan.
While many imagined that the US would quickly finish its warfare in Afghanistan, particularly after the elimination of Osama Bin Laden, the American forces on the bottom knew the warfare was removed from being over. Against this background, journalists Martin Smith and Stephen Grey of the Frontline visited Pakistan in 2011 to know the dynamics that have been at play in America’s warfare in opposition to Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
The documentary, titled ‘The Secret War’, which was launched later, was a end result of the six-month investigation carried out by Smith and Stephen Grey and offered a window into interminably long-drawn-out warfare the United States had waged in opposition to Islamic terror outfits similar to Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
US troopers have been sad about Pakistan’s assist to Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists
During the investigation, Smith and Grey discovered that the American troopers stationed alongside the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have been sad with the latter, for his or her covert assist to the insurgency and terrorism focused in opposition to the United States. One of the US troops, who wished to stay nameless, confided to the reporters that the bottom troopers manning the border reportedly complained to the seniors in regards to the Pakistani complicity in serving to the Talibani and Al Qaeda terrorists cross the border and infiltrate into Afghanistan.
“It might be turning a blind eye because the insurgents launched rockets from Pakistan to the US bases situated throughout the border. It may be permitting passage to the terrorists, proper beneath their noses, to securely cross the border into Afghanistan. It might be offering insurgents with important data similar to particulars of our patrol or the Afghan military’s patrol alongside the border. It was complicity on their half, mentioned Maj Michael Waltz, US Army Forces Reserves, whereas talking about Pakistan’s treachery in propping up Al Qaeda and the Taliban terrorists in opposition to the United States.
The documentary confirmed that the Taliban leaders, who had fled Afghanistan within the aftermath of the US invasion, moved freely inside Pakistan. The two journalists met a Taliban commander within the outskirts of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. The commander advised them how dependent the Taliban was for a sanctuary in Pakistan to proceed their warfare throughout the border.
“Across the border, our life is very difficult now. But the Pakistanis are helping us,” the Taliban commander advised the Frontline scribes. “Pakistan is our nation. They are our people. They help us and support us. They are on our side. Our war is in Afghanistan, and our operations are continuing. But it is not necessary to endanger our lives and live there.”
Pakistan claimed to assist the USA, however offered assist to its enemies brazenly
New Yorker journalist Dexter Filkins had referred to as Pakistan a duplicitous nation, one which claims to be an ally of the United States however can also be identified for extending assist to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and even to the Haqqani community, one of many deadliest terror organisations working in Afghanistan.
Amrullah Saleh, the previous vice chairman of Afghanistan, was additionally interviewed as part of the documentary to probe Pakistan’s function in supporting the Taliban. Saleh had then concurred with the intelligence evaluation that the resilience of the Taliban and its ally, Haqqani Network, in mounting assaults in opposition to the US forces in Afghanistan might be attributed to the assist they obtain from Pakistani intelligence company ISI.
“ISI knows that they are operating from Pakistani soil to undermine America’s objectives in the region and the ISI is happy that they are doing it because through them(Haqqani network and the Taliban), Pakistan promotes their policy in Afghanistan,” mentioned Saleh, who labored because the Afghan Intelligence Head from 2004 to 2010 earlier than taking a plunge into politics.
Pakistan helped the Taliban of their offensive in Panjshir valley: Reports
Nine years after the documentary was launched accusing Pakistan of being in cahoots with the Taliban, Islamabad helped the phobia outfit of their battle in opposition to the resistance motion led by Ahmad Massoud and Amrullah Saleh within the Panjshir Valley.
The final bastion of resistance forces in Afghanistan- Panjshir got here beneath heavy fireplace on Sunday, September 6. The former Samangan MP Zia Arianjad in a quote to Aamaj News knowledgeable that the province was bombed by Pakistani Air Force drones. 
Even now, the ministers and officers of Pakistan are seen brazenly flaunting their assist and assist to the Taliban. ISI chief Faiz Hameed had flown to Kabul to fulfill Taliban leaders simply days earlier than the assault on Panjshir.
Several information businesses reported that the Taliban received assist from the Pakistani military of their battle in opposition to the resistance forces. According to sources near the resistance forces, Pakistan offered air assist to the Taliban of their marketing campaign to put management of the Panjshir Valley. It is reported to have airdropped particular forces to battle together with the Taliban in opposition to the resistance forces.