The Post spin is that Pakistan is just backing the Taliban to fight ISIS. That’s a transparently phony claim so convincing it ought to come with a free bridge in New York.

As the Islamic State-Khorasan is ramping up attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan is using a network of informal channels to feed intelligence and technical support to the Taliban to combat the threat, according to two Taliban leaders.

Pakistan is passing the group raw information as well as helping it monitor phone and Internet communication to identify Islamic State members and operational hubs, according to a senior Taliban leader who, along with a Taliban commander and others in this report, spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

A Pakistani official described the communication between the two sides as informal discussions, rather than an established intelligence-sharing partnership.