[AGAviator]

That's the only reason Pakistan ever supported the Taliban. In the early '90's they supported an anti-American fundamentalist named Gulbuddin Hikmatyar, who was part of Massoud's coalition government in Kabul. The Taliban came out of the south and started fighting with Hikmatyar. It was only after they looked like winners that Pakistan started supporting them. They simply don't want problems on both sides of their country, as they have enough problems with India.

[colorado tanker]

Agreed! Say, isn't Hikmatyar still around in Iran or near the Iranian border? What a country full of kooks.