Pakistan has rejected remarks by the ex-head of the UN mission in Afghanistan that the arrest of top Taliban leaders in this country might have disrupted talks between the militants and world body officials, saying they were "misinterpretation" of its aim to back reconciliation process in the war-torn nation.
In the capital of Afghanistan's Helmand province, Taliban roam the streets freely. Barely a mile (a kilometer) outside Lashkar Gah, they wield more control than the government, according to residents.
Terror outfits like LeT are not yet on the radar of the Pakistani establishment and the need to take action against the organisation blamed for Mumbai attacks has been Washington's "source of dialogue" with Islamabad, a top US General has said.
The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.
Pakistan has said India's involvement in recent terrorist attacks in Lahore cannot be ruled out and evidence of its alleged role in fomenting unrest in Balochistan province has been provided to New Delhi through diplomatic channels.
The backlash from Taliban attacks on places from Kashmir to Karachi has led to greater Pakistani cooperation with the US in the Afghanistan war, says the US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.