s ▁intelligence ▁ag ency , ▁the ▁Inter - Services ▁Int elligence ▁( IS I ), ▁wanted ▁the ▁M uj ah ide en ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁government ▁in ▁Afghan istan . ▁The ▁director - general ▁of ▁the ▁I SI , ▁Ham id ▁Gul , ▁was ▁interested ▁in ▁an ▁Islam ic ▁revolution ▁which ▁would ▁trans c end ▁national ▁borders , ▁not ▁just ▁in ▁Afghan istan ▁and ▁Pakistan ▁but ▁also ▁in ▁Central ▁Asia . ▁To ▁set ▁up ▁the ▁proposed ▁M uj ah ide en ▁government , ▁Ham id ▁Gul ▁ordered ▁an ▁assault ▁on ▁J al al abad - with ▁the ▁intent ▁on ▁using ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁capital ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁government ▁Pakistan ▁was ▁interested ▁in ▁establish ing ▁in ▁Afghan istan . ▁ ▁The ▁Tal ib an ▁were ▁largely ▁fund ed ▁by ▁Pakistan ' s ▁I SI ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁The ▁I SI ▁used ▁the ▁Tal ib an ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁regime ▁in ▁Afghan istan ▁which ▁would ▁be ▁favor able ▁to ▁Pakistan , ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁trying ▁to ▁gain ▁strateg ic ▁depth . ▁Since ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁Tal ib an , ▁the ▁I SI ▁and ▁the ▁Pak ist ani ▁military ▁have ▁given ▁financial , ▁log ist ical ▁and ▁military ▁support . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Pak ist ani ▁Afghan istan ▁expert ▁Ah med ▁R ash id , ▁" between ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 8 0 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Pakistan is ▁trained ▁and