Russia recruits 10,000 Afghan special forces prepared by the US and UK
The Russian leadership is trying to involve in the ranks of their troops stationed in Ukraine, special forces from the Corps of the Commander of the Afghan National Army, who have been trained at military bases in the United Kingdom and the United States. Russian recruits turn to the Afghans with a proposal to join the army of the Russian Federation. About it reports Sky News, citing sources in the Afghan army and special services.
Estimated Afghan special forces can be quite effective on the battlefield. After the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in the country, there are 20 to 30 thousand commandos. The few managed to evacuate after the Taliban. Some have found shelter in neighboring countries, someone is hiding from the Taliban to avoid arrest and further execution. Many of these special forces remain out of work, others are waiting for moving to the UK or the US.
Sources in Afghan services believe that under such conditions they can be without much difficulty recruited by the Russians. "They have neither a country nor work nor a future. They simply have nothing to lose," journalists quoted a statement in their source in Afghanistan's special services. It is estimated that up to 10,000 former Afghan commands can be in Ukraine among Russian troops, trying to recruit them with messages at WhatsApp and Signal messengers.