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* [[Haqqani network]]<ref name="longwarjournal.org">[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/07/the-talibans-new-leadership-is-allied-with-al-qaeda.php The Taliban's new leadership is allied with al Qaeda] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617003457/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/07/the-talibans-new-leadership-is-allied-with-al-qaeda.php |date=17 June 2016}}, The Long War Journal, 31 July 2015</ref>
'''Supported by:'''<br />{{Flag|Pakistan}} (alleged, denied by Pakistan)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pakistan-khan-idUSKCN1UI20F|title=Pakistan Prime Minister Khan says he will try to persuade Taliban to meet Afghan government|quote=Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of supporting the Taliban, a charge Pakistan denies, saying it has suffered heavily from the fighting.|date=23 July 2019|work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=How Pakistan Is Tightening Its Grip on the Taliban|url=http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/how-pakistan-tightening-its-grip-the-taliban-13588|website=The National Interest|date=15 August 2015|access-date=22 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistani intelligence helping Taliban: NATO report|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-02/leaked-nato-report-finds-taliban-pakistan-links/3806102|website=ABC|date=2 February 2012|access-date=31 August 2015}}</ref><br />{{flagu|Iran}}<br />(alleged, but denied by Iran)<ref>Multiple Sources:
* {{cite news |title=Report: Iran pays $1,000 for each U.S. soldier killed by the Taliban |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39014669/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/t/report-iran-pays-each-us-soldier-killed-taliban/ |publisher=NBC News |date=9 May 2010}}
* {{cite news |title=Iran's cooperation with the Taliban could affect talks on U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/09/irans-cooperation-with-taliban-could-affect-talks-us-withdrawal-afghanistan/ |first=Ariane M. |last=Tabatabai |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=9 August 2019}}
* {{Cite news |date=9 January 2017 |title=Iranian Support for Taliban Alarms Afghan Officials |work=[[Middle East Institute]] |url=https://www.mei.edu/publications/iranian-support-taliban-alarms-afghan-officials |quote=Both Tehran and the Taliban denied cooperation during the first decade after the US intervention, but the unholy alliance is no longer a secret and the two sides now unapologetically admit and publicize it.}}
* {{Cite web |date=11 June 2015 |title=Iran Backs Taliban With Cash and Arms |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-backs-taliban-with-cash-and-arms-1434065528 |access-date=13 June 2015 |website=The Wall Street Journal}}
* {{cite web |title=Iran denies Taliban were paid bounties to target US troops |url=https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-middle-east-us-news-taliban-iran-99c1d96ba53ab0ccd543bf6ec2a0d040 |website=AP NEWS |date=18 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Patrikarakos |first1=David |title=Iran is an immediate winner of the Taliban takeover {{!}} The Spectator |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/iran-is-an-immediate-winner-of-the-taliban-takeover |website=www.spectator.co.uk |language=en |date=25 August 2021}}</ref><ref>Multiple Sources:
* {{cite web |last1=Salahuddin |first1=Syed |title=Iran funding Taliban to affect US military presence in Afghanistan, say police and lawmakers |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1310541/world |website=Arab News |language=en |date=27 May 2018}}
* {{cite web |last1=Siddique |first1=Abubakar |last2=Shayan |first2=Noorullah |title=Mounting Afghan Ire Over Iran's Support For Taliban |url=https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-iran-taliban-support/28651070.html |website=RFE/RL |language=en |date=31 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="mansouriran">{{Cite web |last=Kugelman |first=Michael |title=What Was Mullah Mansour Doing in Iran? |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/27/mullah-mansour-iran-afghanistan-taliban-drone/ |website=Foreign Policy|date=22 February 2024 }}</ref>
<br />{{flagu|Russia}}<br />(alleged, but denied by Russia)<ref>Multiple Sources:
* {{cite news |title=Top Pentagon officials say Russian bounty program not corroborated |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/top-pentagon-officials-russian-bounty-program-corroborated/story?id=71694167 |first=Luis |last=Martinez |publisher=ABC News |date=10 July 2020}}
* {{cite news |last1=Loyd |first1=Anthony |title=Russia funds Taliban in war against Nato forces |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russia-funds-taliban-in-war-against-nato-forces-hvfl3cgrg |access-date=18 September 2021 |date=16 October 2017 |language=en |website=The Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Noorzai |first1=Roshan |last2=Sahinkaya |first2=Ezel |last3=Gul Sarwan |first3=Rahim |title=Afghan Lawmakers: Russian Support to Taliban No Secret |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/extremism-watch_afghan-lawmakers-russian-support-taliban-no-secret/6192205.html |website=VOA |language=en |date=3 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Russian ambassador denies Moscow supporting Taliban |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-russia-idUSKCN0XM1PK |website=Reuters |language=en |date=25 April 2016}}</ref>
<br />{{flag|Qatar}} (alleged by Saudi Arabia, denied by Qatar)<ref>{{cite web|title=Qatar's Dirty Hands|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450093/qatar-supports-islamists-threatens-american-middle-east-allies|date=3 August 2017|work=[[National Review]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[Pajhwok Afghan News]]|date=7 August 2017|url=https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2017/08/07/saudi-has-evidence-qatar-supports-taliban-envoy|title=Saudi has evidence Qatar supports Taliban: Envoy}}</ref>
<br />{{flag|Saudi Arabia}} (overtly until 2001, allegedly until
2013)<ref>[https://thediplomat.com/2017/09/whats-behind-saudi-arabias-turn-away-from-the-taliban/ What's Behind Saudi Arabia's Turn Away From the Taliban?]. ''The Diplomat''. 7 September 2017.</ref>
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