US-trained Afghan commandos are fighting in Ukraine. Some are there for the pay. Others are there for revenge.

Jan 4 2023 by Business Insider

 
Members of the Afghan army's special forces.

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Afghan commandos who fled the Taliban are being recruited to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine. Afghan volunteers because they lack stable incomes and are being offerred high salaries. Many of these US-trained fighters see joining Russia's war in Ukraine as the least bad option.

This fall, rumors began circulating that Afghan commandos in Iran were being recruited to fight alongside the Russian military in Ukraine. Media reports citing...

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