Thousands of Afghan troops, including a number of elite detachments of the Commandos of Afghanistan, who have been training in the United States, fled to Iran. This sensational fact was reflected in the Republican Party report on the last days of the war in Afghanistan and the chaotic withdrawal of American troops from Kabul.
The representative of Texas in the US Congress, Michael McColus, said that these troops underwent combat training under the leadership of the US military instructors, and in some cases in the United States, and “may pose a serious threat to the national security of the United States.”
noting that a significant amount of Afghan special forces and about 3,000 Afghan security forces crossed the border with Iran, the Republicans warn that they can disclose confidential information about military training and intelligence, since they “know not only US military tactics, but also names and the title of military officials, ”the report says.
The report also notes that in the continuing efforts of the United States to evacuate the Afghans who previously helped the US government, “no former Afghan military personnel has yet been given a special priority status.
In turn, Mick Malra, a former deputy assistant to the Minister of Defense and an officer of the paramilitary formations of the CIA, said that Afghan commandos and other special forces had no choice, and “the only place to escape from the Taliban is Iran” .