during the initial stages of the war , pakistan blamed Judgment_communication the fighting entirely on independent kashmiri insurgents , but documents left behind by casualties and later statements by pakistan 's prime minister and chief of army staff showed involvement of pakistani paramilitary forces , led by general ashraf rashid .

the taliban forces are fighting Hostile_encounter against the afghan government , formerly led Causation by president hamid karzai , now led Causation by president ashraf ghani , and against the us-led international security assistance force ( isaf ) .