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McChrystal pointed to “indications” that some Taliban fighters have had training in Iran, and that weapons and ammunition have come across Iran’s border with Afghanistan.

“The numbers are not operationally significant, they have not changed the fight, and I am not prepared to tell you that the government of Iran is executing that as a policy,” he said.

“But I am prepared to say that we watch it closely, and if something were to increase, it would be something that would concern me significantly,” he said.

Last month, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates accused Iran of “playing a double game” by nurturing relations with the Afghanistan government while supporting insurgents to undermine U.S. and NATO troops. Iran denies the allegation.

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