TRANSFER-OF-AUTHORITY - A U.S. Army noncommissioned officer prepares to lower the American flag during a transfer-of-authority ceremony at Observation Post Mace, as U.S. and Afghan National Army troops look onKunar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. OP Mace is the northernmost observation post in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, which borders Pakistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Peter ShinnForces In Afghanistan Face New Threat From Iran -- FOX News
Coalition forces face a new threat as Iran steps up covert support for terrorist operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, The Times of London reported Friday.
At the end of a year in which 102 British soldiers have been killed, intelligence officials have revealed that the Iranian government is releasing significant Al Qaeda terrorists from jail so that they can help to reorganize its battered structures in border areas of Pakistan.
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