MONTREAL: Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay has identified Iran as the origin of weapons used by rebels against the international coalition in Afghanistan.
"We have asked the Iranians to deal with the problem because it is very hard to cut the supply lines when you have, in another country, people who are providing the arms for use against Canadian forces and others" in the 39-nation NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, he said.
Speaking during a visit to the military base at Kandahar, MacKay said Canada was particularly concerned about improvised explosive devices from Iran which have fallen into the hands of Taliban rebel forces.
Most of the 73 Canadian soldiers who have died in Afghanistan since 2002 were killed by such explosives.
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