Top U.S. general says Iranian weapons in Afghanistan

Reuters – The United States’ top general on Tuesday said U.S. forces intercepted Iranian weapons headed to the Taliban in Afghanistan in the last month, but he did not know who had sent them.
"It is not as clear in Afghanistan which Iranian entity is responsible but we have intercepted weapons in Afghanistan headed for the Taliban that were made in Iran," said Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"We do not know with the same clarity we know in Iraq who is delivering those weapons, who is involved," he told reporters in Washington.

Pace’s comments mark the first U.S. accusations that Iran could be playing a role in Afghanistan.

They come amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s nuclear ambitions and accusations by the Bush administration that Iranian forces are providing weapons technologies and other support to Iraqi insurgents.