KABUL – Iran has given anti-aircraft missiles to Taliban group amid soaringtensions between Washington and Tehran over regional issues that led to thekilling of a top Iranian general in Iraq few weeks ago.
Reports regarding the delivery of anti-aircraft missiles to Taliban by Iranemerge as numerous Afghan and American planes faced crashes, hard-landingsand emergency landings in the restive parts of the country, Khaama Presshas reported.
While no definitive proof exists in this regard, the acting police chief ofUruzgan Sardar Mohammad Haya has told Radio Free Afghanistan “Iran hasgiven the Taliban anti-aircraft missiles so that they can better target ouraircrafts.”
Hayar further added “Numerous [recent] intelligence reports based onvarious sources detail this support.”
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This comes as Washington has repeatedly been accusing Iran of supportingthe militant groups in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
“Iran provides a range of financial, political, training and materialsupport to groups which would include Hezbollah, Iraqi Shia militantgroups, the Houthis in Yemen, some Palestinian groups, the Taliban andBahraini Shia militants,” the Department of Defense said in a statementlate in November last year.
