KABUL – *Afghan National Army Deputy Chief of Staff Abdul Hamid Hamid saysthe neighbor countries along with foreign militants are being involved insmuggling of mines in Afghanistan.*
Speaking at a graduation ceremony of 700 Afghan commandos on Wednesday,Hamid said that Iran is meddling in Afghanistan war, Ariana News hasreported.
“The government has invited the Taliban to make peace so that the foreignfighters – Arabs and Chechens could not get the opportunity to come toAfghanistan, and now Iran is interfering to insecure our country,” he said.
He said the foreign fighters aiming to turn Afghanistan into a center forterrorists so that they could target other countries from here.
The newly graduated commandos are expected to be deployed in operations ininsecure provinces.
This comes as Afghan officials have repeatedly accused Iran of interferingin Afghanistan by funding and supplying militants, mainly in western partsof the war-torn country; a charge Iran denies.