Pakistan Ended Aid to Taliban Only Hesitantly.

Authors :: Frantz, Douglas
Source :: New York Times. 12/8/2001, Vol. 151 Issue 51961, pA1. 0p. 2 Black and White Photographs.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Examines how Pakistani intelligence and military leaders aided Taliban forces in Afghanistan after Pakistan agreed to end its support of the Taliban. Role of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spying agency in providing weapons and ammunition to arm Taliban fighters; Comments of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto; Historical background on Pakistan's support of the Taliban; View that General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's leader, must begin a broader purge of the ISI.