Re: Fanatics in Pak were nurtured by ISI - New York Times
Taleban was created in mid 90s, when America no longer was interested in Afghnistan. So there was no reason for CIA to help ISI create them.
People among Taleban were mostly same people who had fought with Americans against Soviets, but the JUI ideology they started following as Taleban had more to do with fanatic elements in ISI than Americans.
Like I said, Americans supported fanatics like OBL during resistance against Soviets, but they had no idea about the ideology fanatics were following. Americans were supporting them at that time only because they had a score to settle with Soviets. Americans only inadvertently supported the fanatics. But our army/ISI knew exactly what these people were capable of. ISI first used this ideology in Kashmir starting 1989 (resulting in erosion of support to Pak among Kashmiris), and then used it against non-Pashtuns in Afghanistan in the form of Taleban starting 1994-5 (resutling in take-over of Pak by them).
Again, I will not agree on this...the Mujahideen we once knew were fighting for the good cause backed by Pak local media later caught the attention of many foreign medias in 1980!!! as well. This war became important substance to USA and senate started sponsoring the Mujahideens financially + training them (which still is denied by the CIA). The wahabi or lets call it JUI elements entered into Muhjahideens right in 1980s!!, when foreign mullahs (mainly from KSA) brought in by Zia to influence those kids and made them finally split into the more wahabi supported group the Taleban and the less wahabi influenced grouping the NA. But If you'd ever compare both the Taleban and NA...there is not much difference between their believes, traditions and practise of Islam.
That NA is now considered as the better half of the Mujahideens than Taliban was due to the immense great work of western media. Who made us finally believe goodies are the NA and Taliban is all evil. Same goes for the denial of CIA in training them in special camps, although there are documentaries by ARTE (the french channel in cooperation with bbc), which will prove to you that CIA had a huge rule to play in creation of Taliban :) I would advice you to buy some of these documentaries.