Over the past year, military officials have uncovered evidence of Iran training Afghan insurgents to make less detectable bombs out of plastic and supplying them with automatic rifles and other small arms, the Washington Examiner reported. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has also tutored Taliban sympathizers in guerrilla warfare tactics.

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The Afghan man captured last week in Nimroz province was seen crossing from Iran into Afghanistan by a joint security team that had targeted him for capture. He was found to be working closely with the Quds force, a special unit within the Revolutionary Guard tasked with exporting Tehran's Islamic revolution throughout the Middle East and Southwestern Asia. And he had connections to high-level Taliban leaders, coalition officials told The Washington Examiner. Two other people were detained during the operation, officials said.

"Insurgents are getting better training from Iran and being influenced by them," a U.S. military official said. "We know that they are providing weapons to the insurgents and teaching them to be more efficient."

The arrest of the Taliban trafficker is a significant step for military officials, who can gain intelligence on Iranian operations from him, the military official added.

Read more in the Washington Examiner.