Pakistani intelligence agencies have uncovered a significant collaboration between India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and senior Taliban leadership, operating from Afghan territory to train, shelter, and finance terrorist activities targeting Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). This revelation confirms longstanding claims by Pakistan that India exploits Afghan soil to support separatist and militant violence within its borders.
For years, Islamabad has raised concerns at diplomatic platforms, presenting dossiers to substantiate these allegations, which have been consistently denied by both India and the Taliban regime. However, a recently reviewed classified document provides unprecedented details, describing a fully operational network involving RAW, Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, and the Taliban’s top leadership. This alliance reportedly manages training camps, funding channels, and safe havens for militant groups conducting attacks inside Pakistan.
The document identifies the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as the primary proxies benefiting from this arrangement. It outlines how funds, training, and shelter are funneled from external sources with the objective of destabilizing Pakistan. Notably, the internationally banned al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) is also implicated within this nexus, positioned to execute attacks on Pakistani soil.
Intelligence gathered indicates that the BLA-TTP alliance emerged around 2025, rooted in Afghan training camps supported by Afghanistan’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI). Under directives attributed to Taliban supreme leader Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada, the GDI formalized ties between the BLA, TTP, and other militant factions. India’s RAW reportedly facilitated meetings to secure external financing for the BLA.
The document provides a detailed timeline: on May 26, 2026, Mullah Shireen, the Taliban-appointed governor of Kandahar, met with AQIS and TTP representatives to endorse BLA operations. In July 2026, three subsequent meetings occurred. The first saw the GDI pledge full support for BLA activities inside Pakistan. The second, held at a TTP compound in Kandahar, involved the BLA transferring 3.5 million Afghanis to Jamat-ul-Ahrar. The third meeting, between RAW and the GDI chief outside Afghanistan, resulted in a decision to finance coordinated BLA-TTP attacks in Balochistan, with RAW contributing over 7.8 million US dollars.
In a significant development, an emergency summit took place on August 26, 2026, in Kandahar under Taliban patronage. This gathering included senior figures from the BLA, TTP, and al-Qaeda, such as Bashir Zeb, Khalil Baloch, Sifatullah Mengal, Anwar Nizami, Majeed Baloch, Hafiz Gul Bahadur, Mullah Mirajuddin, Mullah Asad Waziristani, and Mujeeb ur Rehman Gujjar. During the meeting, BLA representatives expressed concerns about manpower shortages and were assured that fighters, weapons, and logistics from TTP and AQIS would be deployed across Balochistan.
The document also references a directive from the Taliban’s Directorate of Bait ul Maal Stability, Registration and Supervision, authorizing the release of weapons—including assault rifles, RPGs, and ammunition—to an entity called the “Baloch Refugee Coordination Office,” identified as a front for the BLA.
Perhaps the most explosive claim is that TTP and AQIS militants are responsible for much of the violence, while the BLA publicly claims responsibility. This strategy is designed to shield AQIS, a US-sanctioned group, from international scrutiny. The September 4, 2026 attack in Ziarat, officially claimed by the BLA but allegedly executed by the TTP, is cited as evidence.
Mullah Merajuddin Farahi, a former TTP operative, is named as the coordinator channeling manpower, weapons, and funding to the BLA. Meanwhile, newly recruited Baloch youth are reportedly training at an AQIS facility managed by Mullah Obaidullah Asim.
Senior security officials have acknowledged that the document confirms Islamabad’s long-held suspicions about the extent of cross-border support for militancy, though they refrained from providing further details. Efforts to obtain comments from the Taliban spokesperson were unsuccessful.
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