US ambassador to NATO: Russia, Iran back Afghan terrorism

Russia and Iran are “propping up the terrorist networks that are killing innocent people” in Afghanistan, the U.S. ambassador to NATO said Friday.

“Russia is not helping at all. … Iran is not helping at all,” Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a U.S.-backed outlet. “We hear this when we’re in Afghanistan, and we hear from the military leaders. They talk about the enablers — those who have the money and the capacity to be helpful but instead are really propping up the terrorist networks that are killing innocent people.”