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[nyolfen]

which natural resources were we getting out of afghanistan

[advrs → nyolfen]

Afghanistan 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

[lostlogin → advrs]

> 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 → nyolfen]

Afghanistan sits on top of trillions of dollars of mineral resources, including large reserves of copper, lithium, cobalt, and rare earth metals.

[withinboredom → nyolfen]

Pomegranate. After burning the poppy fields.

[jessaustin → withinboredom]

Oh I love that fruit. In that case, bombs away!