10 Facts About Iran Sponsoring Terrorism
9. Taliban Insurgency
U.S. and British officials have accused Iran of giving weapons and support to the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.
General David Petraeus claimed that, “We did interdict a shipment, without question [from] the Revolutionary Guard’s core Quds Force, through a known Taliban facilitator. Three of the individuals were killed. Iranians certainly view it as making life more difficult for us if Afghanistan is unstable. We don’t have that kind of relationship with the Iranians. That’s why I am particularly troubled by the interception of weapons coming from Iran. But we know that it’s more than weapons; it’s money; it’s also according to some reports, training at Iranian camps as well.”
According to the former president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, Iran is “not fooling anyone” with its support for Taliban insurgents.” Documents released by Wikileaks in 2010 provide further information on Iranian support for al Qaeda and Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.
