WASHINGTON: NATO war commander General Stanley McChrystal said Monday there was intelligence Iran was guilty of some "malign" activity in the country, but added that most of its role was legitimate.
Washington has in the past accused Tehran of providing low level help to some insurgents in Afghanistan, but McChrystal said at the White House that Iran mostly funneled money to education and other programs.
"There is evidence, intelligence, that indicates some malign activity, as well, some training of insurgents, Taliban, and of shipments of some levels of arms," he said.
"But they are not significant in the numbers, and they have not been enough to change the basic calculus of the fight at this point."
McChrystal was briefing alongside US ambassador to Kabul Karl Eikenberry. Both men were in Washington ahead of the four-day trip of President Hamid Karzai which includes crucial talks on Wednesday with President Barack Obama.