So Is It All Worth It? Secret Files Reveal Taliban Will Retake Control Of Afghanistan When NATO Troops Withdraw -- Daily Mail
* Report compiled by U.S. forces claims Pakistan security agency is assisting Taliban attacks against NATO forces
* Afghans bracing for return of Taliban when foreign troops withdraw in 2014
* Taliban detainees claim Pakistan employs network of spies to give strategic advice to militants
* Pakistan Foreign Ministry dismisses claims as 'frivolous' and insists it is committed to non-interference in Afghanistan
* 10-year conflict has seen nearly 3,000 service personnel killed
A secret U.S. military report claims the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control over Afghanistan when NATO-led forces withdraw from the country.
The State of the Taliban report, compiled by U.S. forces, said Pakistan's powerful security agency - the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) - was assisting the Taliban in directing attacks against foreign forces.
It is a damning assessment of the war, now dragging into its eleventh year and which has already seen nearly 3,000 service personnel killed - 1,846 U.S. and 390 British.
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