In Afghanistan, recent battlefield victories by the government has resulted in many captured Taliban. And that found many of the prisoners telling the same story, of Iranian agents offering paid terrorism training courses within Iran. There, the Taliban were taught how to make roadside bombs and other terrorist devices. Dozens of Taliban took this three month course over the Winter, and Iran has offered weapons and bomb making materials as well. These are increasingly being captured as they are smuggled across the border. Supporting the Taliban has always been a controversial policy within Iran. When the Taliban ran Afghanistan in the 1990s, they killed thousands of Afghan Shia, and sent many more into Iranian exile. Iran is largely Shia and considers itself the guardian of all Shia. Apparently the Iranian terrorist training operation (the al Quds Force) has a deal with the Taliban. We will support the Taliban if the Taliban back off on attacking Shia in their midst. Both sides know that this is a temporary deal, that ends when the Iranian aid does. But Iranian Islamic radicals are so eager to kill Americans, that they will put fellow Shia at risk to do so.
Wow. They still hate us. And Shias will make common cause with Sunnis to kill Americans?
Who knew?
