A media report from Washington says, Pakistan's powerful ISI, still maintains active links with Taliban as it quietly freed at least two high-ranking militants of the outfit it had captured on its own. <br/><br/>The Washington Post quoted a US counter-terrorism official as saying that the ISI's connection to the Taliban is active, but it's not clear how high that goes or who knows about it. <br/><br/>US military and intelligence officials said, the releases, detected by American spy agencies but not publicly disclosed, are evidence that parts of Pakistan's security establishment continue to support the Afghan Taliban. <br/><br/>US officials think that Pakistan continues to pursue a hedging strategy in seeking to maintain relationships with an array of entities — including the US and Afghan governments, as well as insurgent networks even as it aggressively battles the Pakistani branch of the Taliban.