re: #63 Big Steve

What has been the relationship between the Taliban (when in power in Afganistan) and Iran? I am never quite certain which branch of Islam hates the other.

They alternately hate then hug each other. Iran is supplying them weapons and has sheltered their leaders at times. They allow their borders to be porous or non porous dependent on mood.

The Taliqaida are aslo on a steady campaign of killing Shia in regions of Pakistan, and that goes hot and cold depending on detente with Iran. Iran Qods force isn’t just working to destabilize Afghanistan, they are also working on Pakistan, and all their other neighbors to boot.