23 March 2010

CNN Reporting Taliban Being Trained By Iran

while surfing the mobile phone in the airport I found this little nugget at CNN. I'd post the link but I can't get the copy/paste to work correctly in the address bar.

Iran is helping train Taliban fighters within its borders, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials.

The United States has already said that the Taliban may be receiving limited training from the Iranians in Afghanistan, but the officials told CNN that training in the use of small arms was occurring within Iran.

"We've known for some time that Iran has been a source for both materiel and trained fighters for Taliban elements in Afghanistan," Army Lt. Col. Edward Sholtis said Monday. But, he said, it is unknown whether that training is occurring with the support of Tehran, or it is "simply something that is happening beyond the government's control."


By: Brant

1 comment:

Steve said...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/03/23/iran.taliban/index.html