Pakistani media and Afghan media have reported that the Afghan Taliban are providing safe havens and substantial financial assistance to the family of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Noor Wali Mehsud, underscoring Islamabad’s longstanding concerns about cross-border militancy.
According to Pakistan Today and Amu media the Taliban are paying Mehsud’s family 3 million Afghanis (approximately $43,000) per month. The funding is believed to facilitate weapons procurement, logistical infrastructure, and the planning of complex, multi-stage terrorist attacks carried out inside Pakistan by the outlawed TTP.
The report further claims that over the past two years, the TTP has established recruitment and training centres in Afghanistan’s Kunar, Nangarhar, Paktika, and Khost provinces. These facilities reportedly provide ideological indoctrination, weapons training, and operational planning support. Some of the recruits, according to the report, are drawn directly from Taliban ranks before crossing into Pakistan to carry out suicide bombings and ambushes.
While the Taliban leadership has consistently denied providing sanctuary to the TTP, Pakistani officials maintain that the denials contradict evidence on the ground. Islamabad has repeatedly raised concerns over the presence of TTP sanctuaries in Afghanistan and their use as launchpads for cross-border attacks targeting Pakistani security forces and civilians.
Adding weight to these concerns, a United Nations monitoring team report earlier confirmed that the TTP maintains a force of nearly 6,000 fighters in Afghanistan, further highlighting the scale of the threat.
Security analysts note that the revelations, if accurate, could deepen tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban regime, particularly at a time when Islamabad is pushing for decisive action against the TTP network operating from Afghan soil.
