USA trained commandos recruited by Russia

Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside U.S. troops and then fled to Iran after the chaotic Western withdrawal last year are now being recruited by the Russian military to fight in Ukraine.

 Russia wants to attract thousands of the former elite Afghan commandos into a “foreign legion” with offers of steady $1,500-a-month payments and promises of safe havens for themselves and their families so that they can avoid deportation home to what many assume would be death at the hands of the Taliban. 

The Russian recruitment follows months of warnings from U.S. soldiers who fought with Afghan special forces that the Taliban was intent on killing them and that they might join with U.S. enemies to stay alive or out of anger with their former ally. 

A GOP congressional report in August specifically warned of the danger that the Afghan commandos — trained by U.S. Navy SEALs and Army Green Berets — could end up giving up information about U.S. tactics to the Islamic State group, Iran or Russia, or even fight for them.