Peter Tomsen said that up until 9/11, Pakistani military and ISI officers along with thousands of regular Pakistani armed forces personnel had been involved in the fighting in Afghanistan.Tomsen, Peter (2011). Wars of Afghanistan. PublicAffairs. стр. 322. ISBN978-1-58648-763-8.
Senior diplomat and Afghanistan expert Peter Tomsen wrote: "The 'Lion of Kabul' [Abdul Haq] and the 'Lion of Panjshir' [Ahmad Shah Massoud] … Haq, Massoud, and Karzai, Afghanistan's three leading moderates, could transcend the Pashtun—non-Pashtun, north-south divide."Tomsen, Peter (2011). Wars of Afghanistan. PublicAffairs. стр. 566. ISBN978-1-58648-763-8.