Afghanistan

[lorakeen]

No one knows why they went there in the first place. There is no oil and Osama ,who they went after was in pakistan.
I guess primary goal was to make military contractors very rich.

OPIUM

[Jog On]

OPIUM

This:

https://publicintelligence.net/usnat...n-afghanistan/

In November 2009, the Afghan Minister of Counter Narcotics General Khodaidad Khodaidad stated that the majority of drugs are stockpiled in two provinces controlled by troops from the US, the UK, and Canada. He also said that NATO forces are taxing the production of opium in the regions under their control and that foreign troops are earning money from drug production in Afghanistan.

[NigelJK]

it's time for Civil war.

FTFY

[vetran]

more poor innocent bastards get to pay for some nutters beliefs!

now if there were a god I do wish he would appear with a list and an array of red hot pokers.

[AtW]

This one is on Biden, he owns it.

[ladymuck]

This one is on Biden, he owns it.

Didn't Trump start the withdrawal, or some such? Yes Biden could have reversed it, I guess that depends on what information he was given.

But us and the US are now having to put troops back in to enable safe exit of British and US nationals. So, that exit strategy was well thought out wasn't it!

[Andy2]

This one is on Biden, he owns it.

exactly, he has handed over the country to taliban.
Another Iran in the making

[tazdevil]

Didn't Trump start the withdrawal, or some such? Yes Biden could have reversed it, I guess that depends on what information he was given.

But us and the US are now having to put troops back in to enable safe exit of British and US nationals. So, that exit strategy was well thought out wasn't it!

Hope for the best, plan for the best, oh sh*t the worst is happening Twas always going to be so.

[NotAllThere]

Hope for the best, plan for the best, oh sh*t the worst is happening Twas always going to be so.

If it were Iran, it's be "oh shiite".

[lorakeen]

It is very rich in (Earth) Minerals. Apparently around $3-5 trillion worth. Pakistan played double game as usual to maintain instability. Now Pakistan is to rent out PM's office to manage 'financial crunch'. Now Chinese have already started grabbing parts of Pak as Loan repayment.

It is also just in the middle of China's Belt and Road project, which is why China is acting as if the Taliban are their chums.
A hilarious thing about rare Earths?
The US has a tulipton of them. As it happens, senator Dianne Feinstein, leader of the commission in charge of it closed down the US exploitation of rare earths for eco reasons. Her husband happens to have the only licence (at the time, not sure now) of importing same rare Earths from China.