Pakistan's 'Taliban love' explained | Bharat Ki Baat (9 Sept, 2021)

This is largely because the world has come to see the Taliban and its allies in the splintered militant landscape as the proxies of Paksitan Army's eyes and ears - the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

The way the ISI chief has air dashed to Kabul to broker peace amongst the Taliban groups jockeying for positions in the new dispensation has dented Taliban's carefully crafted image. It has deprived it of the room it cherished to deny linkages with Pakistan.