A confidential intelligence assessment has alleged coordination between India's Research and Analysis Wing, Afghanistan's Taliban intelligence apparatus and militant groups operating against Pakistan, including the Baloch Liberation Army and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
Afghanistan International reported on Sept. 19 that Pakistani media, citing intelligence sources, had reviewed a classified document alleging that RAW, the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence and senior Taliban figures had developed a network to train, finance and facilitate militant operations inside Pakistan.
The allegations contained in the document have not been independently verified. India and Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have previously rejected Pakistani accusations that they support militant groups carrying out attacks inside Pakistan.
According to the intelligence assessment cited in the reports, the alleged arrangement took shape in 2025 and involved cooperation among Afghan intelligence officials, Baloch militant groups, the TTP and Al-Qaeda-linked elements.
The document alleged that Taliban intelligence officials established contacts with groups Pakistan refers to as "Fitna al-Hindustan," a term used by Pakistani authorities for India-backed Baloch militant groups, and "Fitna al-Khawarij," the government's terminology for the TTP and associated factions.
It further alleged that Taliban officials facilitated contacts involving the BLA, TTP and Al-Qaeda-linked groups as part of efforts to coordinate operations inside Pakistan.
Afghanistan International said the document described three meetings held in July 2026.
During the first meeting, according to the intelligence assessment, the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence pledged support for Baloch militant operations inside Pakistan.
A second meeting was allegedly held at a TTP facility in Kandahar, where the BLA was said to have provided 3.5 million Afghanis to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar for militant activities.
The document alleged that a third meeting took place outside Afghanistan between representatives of RAW and senior Afghan intelligence officials, where participants discussed financing and coordinating joint BLA-TTP operations in Balochistan.
According to the assessment, RAW provided more than $7.8 million for the alleged operation. Afghanistan International said the figure came from the Pakistani intelligence document and did not independently verify the funding claim.
The document also referred to an emergency meeting in Kandahar on Aug. 26 that allegedly brought together figures associated with the BLA, TTP and Al-Qaeda-linked networks.
Among those named in the assessment as participants associated with Baloch militant groups were Bashir Zeb, Khalil Baloch, Sifatullah Mengal, Anwar Nizami and Majeed Baloch.
According to the report, BLA representatives told participants that the group faced shortages of manpower and other resources following pressure from Pakistani security forces.
The assessment alleged that BLA representatives were subsequently assured that fighters, weapons and logistical assistance from the TTP and Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, or AQIS, would be made available for operations in Balochistan.
The document also cited what it described as a Taliban administrative directive ordering the release of weapons and ammunition to an organisation called the "Baloch Refugee Coordination Office."
Pakistani intelligence sources described the organisation as a front for Baloch militants.
The alleged directive covered assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and ammunition and called for their transfer through Taliban-controlled channels, according to reports based on the document.
Another allegation in the intelligence assessment concerned the division of operational responsibilities among militant groups.
The document claimed that TTP and AQIS personnel had carried out some attacks in Balochistan for which Baloch militant groups subsequently claimed responsibility.
Pakistani intelligence sources alleged that the arrangement was intended to obscure the involvement of Al-Qaeda-linked elements, which face international sanctions and greater international scrutiny.
The assessment cited the Sept. 4 attack in Ziarat as an example, claiming that TTP militants carried out the attack while the BLA publicly claimed responsibility. The allegation concerning the perpetrators has not been independently confirmed.
The intelligence document also identified Mullah Mirajuddin Farahi, described in the reports as a former TTP figure, as an alleged coordinator responsible for moving manpower, weapons and financial resources to Baloch militants.
It further alleged that newly recruited Baloch militants were receiving training at an AQIS-linked facility under Mullah Obaidullah Asim.
The report adds to longstanding tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan over militant sanctuaries.
Islamabad has repeatedly accused the Taliban government of allowing the TTP and other armed groups to operate from Afghan territory. Kabul has denied the accusations and says it does not allow Afghan soil to be used against other countries.
Pakistan has also repeatedly accused India of financing and supporting militant groups operating against Pakistan from Afghanistan. New Delhi has rejected such accusations, including previous Pakistani claims linking India to attacks inside the country.
The latest allegations come amid increased militant violence and sharply deteriorating relations between Islamabad and Kabul.
Pakistan says militant groups operating from Afghanistan have intensified attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, while Taliban authorities have continued to deny providing sanctuary or operational assistance to the TTP.
The issue has also drawn international scrutiny. The UN Security Council's sanctions monitoring mechanism published its latest report on Al-Qaeda, Islamic State and associated groups on Aug. 10, amid continuing international concern about militant networks operating in and around Afghanistan.
The intelligence assessment cited by Pakistani media goes further by alleging direct coordination involving Indian intelligence, Afghan officials and several militant organisations. Those specific claims, including the alleged $7.8 million funding, the meetings described in the document and the purported operational arrangements, have not been independently substantiated.
Pakistani security officials quoted in reports said the document supported Islamabad's longstanding position that cross-border networks were helping militants carry out attacks in Pakistan. Afghanistan International said efforts by the original Pakistani report to obtain comment from Taliban representatives had not produced a response to the specific document, while noting that the Taliban and India have rejected similar allegations in the past.
Security analysts cited in Pakistani accounts warned that the continued presence and interaction of armed groups in Afghanistan could pose wider risks to regional stability, particularly if militant organisations share fighters, financing, training facilities and weapons across organisational lines.
Reporter: Ahmed Mansoor