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February 5, 2009

Minister: Iraq War Increased Foreign Fighters in Afghanistan
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Militant attacks also increased by one-third in Afghanistan last year.
Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak said the number of foreign militants
has swelled because of the Iraq war.

Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak: “Since last year, as the result of
the success in the surge in Iraq, there has been a flow of foreign
terrorists into Afghanistan. There has been engagement this year, in
2008, that in some of these engagements actually 60 percent of the total
force which we have encountered were foreign, foreign fighters.”



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