Pakistan, Iran supporting Afghan attacks on British troops
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Pakistan, Iran supporting Afghan attacks on British troops
A top British army commander has alleged that Pakistan and Iran are jointly providing support for bomb attacks that are killing British troops in Afghanistan.Major General Gordon Messenger also revealed that Taliban insurgents are changing their tactics to launch more long-range sniper attacks on NATO forces. He said that the UK forces and Afghan civilians now face an unprecedented threat from such devices. He added that British military intelligence has found evidence that some of the IED attacks are being supported from outside Afghanistan. Some of the reports suggest that military and intelligence agencies in both Pakistan and Iran are supporting the Taliban.
