Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside American troops and then fled to Iran after the chaotic US withdrawal last year are now being recruited by the Russian military to fight in Ukraine, three former Afghan generals have told the Associated Press.
They said the Russians wanted to attract thousands of the former elite Afghan commandos to a "foreign legion" using offers of steady $1,500-a-month payments and promises of safe havens for them and their families so they could avoid deportation home to what many assume would be death at the hands of the Taliban.
