Military officials have seized a shipment of weapons in Afghanistan that included mortars and C-4 explosives manufactured in Iran, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today. The shipment, seized in southern Kandahar province "within the last month," was intended for Taliban fighters, Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace told reporters at a breakfast in Washington. The route the weapons took before they were picked up by coalition forces is not known, he added. The incident recalls repeated assertions...
