According to one active Taliban commander, who fights under the name Mullah Qaseem, "For a fighter there are two important things -- supplies and a place to hide.
"Pakistan plays a significant role. First they support us by providing a place to hide which is really important. Secondly they provide us with weapons."
Other Taliban fighters describe how they and their fighters were, and are, trained in a network of camps on Pakistani soil.
According to a commander fighting under the name of Mullah Azizullah the experts running the training are either members of the ISI or have close links to them.
"They are all the ISI's men. They are the ones who run the training. First they train us about bombs; then they give us practical guidance. They are present during the training."
Another Taliban fighter, known as Commander Najib, said al-Qaeda trainers also operated in the camps, talent-spotting possible suicide bombers.
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Members of the local Lashka (tribal militia-men), hold their weapons while dancing in a show-of-force in Khar, the main town in Bajaur Agency, located in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghanistan border.
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