Iran accused of deploying its militants in Afghanistan

From Catherine Gaber in Paris

The Afghan government  has appealed to the US and Saudi Arabia to intervene and help thwart potential terrorist attacks by Iran-linked militants. Kabul government said that Teheran was deploying militants to bomb strategic facilities, such as hospitals and embassies in the country.

The Afghan authorities  raised their warnings after a series of deadly bombings, which rocked several areas in Afghanistan in recent weeks.

Sources in the Gulf area have confirmed that Washington and Riyadh were maintaining contacts to assess logistic, financial and military support to Afghanistan in its anti-terror war. In the meantime, Pakistan has declared its readiness to provide intelligence support to Afghanistan to abort attempts by Iran to destabilise the two neighbouring countries.

The Afghan officials disclosed that the militants were linked to Taliban and the Islamic Jihad Union, which are sponsored by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.  Reliable sources said that Iran-linked militants were mobilised in Pakistan and Afghanistan in retaliation for the US withdrawal  from the nuclear deal and the re-imposition of heavy sanctions. Washington is accusing Iran of supporting militants and terrorism to instigate instability and chaos in different parts of the world.

Since the outbreak of the Iranian Islamic revolution in 1979, Teheran has been launching wars by proxy in foreign territories. Iran has also bidding to carry out its expansionist strategy in the Muslim-dominated Middle East.

Teheran has established military strongholds in different Afghani cities, which are out of control of the central government in Kabul. In the meantime, the  Iranian Revolutionary Guards has opened militant training camps commanded by Ismail Qaani, Deputy Commander of Al-Qods Force, in Zagros mountains.

According to the reliable sources, Qaani’s trainees would be assigned to launch suicidal attacks on US troops in Afghanistan.

Qaani has paid several inspection visits to the war-ravaged Afghanistan. His secret visits prompted John Nicholson, Commander of the US Force-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) to put his troops on full alert.