Pace: U.S. intercepted Iranian weapons headed to Taliban in Afghanistan

A weapons cache found in Iraq in late February contained infrared sensors, electronic triggering devices and information about plastic explosives used in bombs that the Americans say lead back to Iran. Late last week the U.S. said Shi'ite Iran was not only supporting Iraqi Shi'ite militias, but Sunni insurgents as well. The Taliban is also Sunni.

WASHINGTON: U.S. forces in Afghanistan recently intercepted Iranian-made mortars and other weaponry in Afghanistan, although it is not clear they were shipped directly from Iran, the military's top general said Tuesday.

Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that unlike in Iraq, where U.S. officials say they are certain that arms are being supplied to insurgents by Iran's secretive Quds Force, the Iranian link in Afghanistan is murky....

He said the weapons, including mortars and C-4 plastic explosives, were intercepted in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan within the past month. He did not describe the quantity of intercepted materials or say whether it was the first time Americans forces had found Iranian-made arms in that country.

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