Afghanistan International: A Fatemiyoun Division commander told Afghanistan International on Tuesday that he and hundreds of fighters under his command were ready to fight the Taliban. The commander said that any anti-Taliban group able to provide sufficient resources could mobilise hundreds of his fighters under its banner for operations against the group. The Fatemiyoun commander,
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
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