High tensions with Afghanistan could drive Pakistan to provide sanctuary, arms and intelligence to anti-Taliban groups, though this is unlikely to seriously threaten the Afghan Taliban unless a major attack on Pakistani territory pushes Islamabad to strengthen pressure on Kabul. At a Nov. 8 military graduation ceremony in Kabul, the Afghan Taliban's army chief accused anti-Taliban armed groups like the National Resistance Front and Afghanistan Freedom Front of having received materiel and other support from Pakistan. The accusation came in the wake of The New York Times reporting on Oct. 22 that Pakistan's military and intelligence services had met with anti-Taliban resistance groups in recent months "to offer potential support," according to a Pakistani intelligence official, a former Pakistani national security official, and a senior member of an Afghan anti-Taliban resistance group.