اتنی نہ بڑھا پاکیٔ داماں کی حکایت
دامن کو ذرا دیکھ، ذرا بندِ قباء دیکھ

Pakistan supported Ahmed Shah Masoud during the Soviet War. In 1991, Islamabad organized a trilateral meeting between Iran, Pak and leaders of Tanzeemat which included both Hikmetyar and Massoud to..

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form a United Mujahideen Front but the internecine war between the Mujahideen leaders ruined all the efforts for peace. In mid 1990s, Masoud allowed Bin Laden to move from Sudan to Afghanistan. He and Rabbani also supported Mullah Umar by giving $1 million in cash in 1994.
Reference:

1. “An Enemy We Created: The Myth of the Taliban-Al Qaeda Merger in Afghanistan” by Alex Strick Linschoten and Felix Kuehn
2. “Afghanistan and Pakistan: Conflict, Extremism, and Resistance to Modernity” by Riaz Mohammad Khan.
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