(Ynet News) At least five Iranian companies are sending money to the Taliban terror group in Afghanistan in order to fund the fighting against Western powers, according to a British Sunday Times report, which quoted Taliban sources. Intelligence officials in the West believe the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is the driving force behind these companies. According to information provided by a senior Taliban official, last year, Iran paid $1,000 to anybody who killed an American soldier and $6,000 to anybody who destroyed an American vehicle. The report also revealed that the Iranian regime operates Taliban training camps along the border between Iran and Afghanistan where they teach Afghani terrorists how to ambush NATO soldiers with rifles and improvised bombs. In the past, Shiite Iran was at odds with the Sunni Taliban. However, as a Taliban source said, "Our religions and histories are different, but the goal is the same. We both want to kill Americans."
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