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Afghan Fighters Getting Assistance From Iranians, Say U.S. Officials

December 29 2010

Iran

U.S. military officials say there is growing evidence of Iranian involvement in the training and equipping of Afghan insurgents, the Washington Examiner reports.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have provided instructions about how to make less detectable bombs out of plastic and tutored Afghans in guerrilla warfare tactics, said unnamed officials.

A Taliban fighter arrested in Nimroz province was seen crossing from Iran into Afghanistan by the joint security team that...

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