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Russia Recruiting elite afghan commandos for Ukraine
Russia is getting US trained Afghan commandos battle-ready
Russian military is recruiting afghan special forces soldiers to fight in Ukraine . The afghan soldiers fought alongside American troops till the Taliban return to Kabul .
The elite group of Afghan soldiers was trained by US Navy seals and Army green berets . They had fled to Iran after the Chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan last year .
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3 Former afghan generals told his the associated press about Russia latest recruitment . They said that the Russians want to attract thousands of the former afghan commandos into a foreign legion with offers of a steady $1500 monthly remuneration .
Russian military has also promised safe heavens for the commandos and their families . The job guarantees that their families will not be deported back to the hands of Taliban .
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They did not want to fight but they have no choice general Abdul Raof Arghandiwal said . Russian Mercenary force-wagner group- is said to be leading the recruitment drive .
This follows months of warning from US soldiers who fought with Afghan soldiers . US Soldiers has warned that Afghan soldiers were not safe under taliban rule and they had expressed fears they might join enemies of the United States to stay alive .
We did not get them out as promised now its coming home to roost an ex-cia officials said . US worries that these commandos could give up US tactics to the Islamic state Iran or Russia .
Meanwhile a spokesperson for the Russian wagner group dismissed the news as crazy nonsense . Russian defense ministry is yet to respond to a request for comment by the associated press .
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