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which natural resources were we getting out of afghanistan
by nyolfen 5y ago
which natural resources were we getting out of afghanistan
- withinboredom 5y agoPomegranate. After burning the poppy fields.
- jessaustin 5y agoOh I love that fruit. In that case, bombs away!
- advrs 5y agoAfghanistan is strategically located at a major crossroads between Central and East Asia. This is useful for trade and military operations. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_Oil_Pipeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_Oil_Pipeline
- lostlogin 5y ago> This is useful for trade and military operations. This has been an unfortunate truth for the US and USSR before it (and other empires before that). For a depressing insight into how little we have learned, Boys in Zinc by Svetlana Alexievich is a good read.
- toomanybeersies 5y agoAfghanistan sits on top of trillions of dollars of mineral resources, including large reserves of copper, lithium, cobalt, and rare earth metals.