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Kabul Denies Allowing Iran to Recruit Fatemiyoun Forces in Afghanistan

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Tolo News: The Islamic Emirate has rejected the Brookings Institution’s report alleging that Iran has been allowed to continue recruiting Fatemiyoun forces in Afghanistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, described the relations between the Islamic Emirate and Iran as positive and stated that no country is permitted to recruit forces or conduct

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The Return Of Pro-Iranian Militia Fighters To Afghanistan Fuels Fears In Kabul, Washington

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Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 7, 2020 When Syria’s civil war erupted, Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) recruited, trained, and deployed thousands of Shi’ite fighters to prop up the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Among them was the Fatemiyoun Brigade, comprised mainly of Afghans from the country’s Shi’ite Hazara minority. From

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