Pakistan, Oct. 13 -- The latest cross-border attacks on Pakistani military check-posts have once again highlighted the growing nexus between the Afghan Taliban and banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a development that experts warned could severely destabilize regional peace and security.

According to security analysts and former officials, last night's unprovoked assaults by Afghan-based militants have reinforced Pakistan's long-standing position that the interim Taliban regime in Kabul is providing safe havens and logistical support to anti-Pakistan terror groups, including TTP, ISKP/Daesh, and other extremist factions on the behest of their foreign masters.

Brigadier (R) Mehmood Shah, former Secretary for Law and Order in the ers...