TEHRAN -Afghans fighters proved to be best against Daesh in Syria Ops,claim Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
He has praised the Afghan fighters, called the Fatemiyoun Brigade, whofought Daesh in Syria, and said the Afghan fighters showed moreresistance on the battlefields than other fighters, TOLO News has reported.
Khamenei met some families of fallen Fatemiyoun fighters on Thursday, March28, where he said the Afghan fighters were very motivated.
“The Afghan fighters, as I have been informed, have shown more resistanceand endurance than others on the battlefields. As much as the resistance bemore in the way of Allah, the reward will be more. Allah may grant themhigh martyrdom grades,” he said.
Khamenei said the Afghan youths who participated in Syria war have beenmotivated and devoted people and that he had close relations with theAfghan youths over the past few decades.
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“They mostly have been young, devoted and motivated. I had closecommunications with our Afghan brothers before the revolution and have beenfamiliar with their motivations and morale,” he added.
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MoFA), meanwhile, said that using Afghan refugees as soldiers and sendingthem to battlefields in Syria is in contravention of the international laws.
