Iran Is Helping Taliban in Afghanistan, Petraeus Says

Iran is helping Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, said General David Petraeus, who is in charge of U.S. forces in the Central Asian nation and Iraq.

“There is a willingness to provide some degree of assistance to make the life of those who are trying to help the Afghan people difficult,”

Petraeus told a conference today in the Qatari capital, Doha. Petraeus gave no details of the Iranian assistance, saying that the U.S. and its allies are watching Iran’s actions in Afghanistan “very, very closely,” adding that the Persian Gulf state continues to train and equip Shiite Muslim militias in neighboring Iraq.

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