by Adulwali Arian
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Saturday said Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) is trying to transfer the insurgents' main strongholds to Afghanistan by expanding the war in the country.
The Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said Taliban is fully supported by ISI, but the group has failed to have any significant achievements so far.
"Pakistan's ISI and its military have tried to help Afghan and foreign militants transfer their big bases as well as Taliban's councils to Afghanistan, but the Afghan security forces have prevented them from this bid," Waziri stated.
"The essence of war has changed following the death of Taliban's former leader [Mullah Mansour] and a fall in their financial resources. Without support of a foreign country, Taliban [militants] are not able to fight in many provinces at a time. It shows that a foreign country is supporting them," said Shahussain Murtazawi, President Ashraf Ghani's deputy spokesman.
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