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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (210070)1/9/2025 9:10:57 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone1 Recommendation

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Cogito Ergo Sum

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“When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.”



To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (210070)8/28/2025 4:55:43 AM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217551
 
re <<Afghanistan been tough for all great powers>>

The trend continues...


China-Afghan oil deal ends amid charges of hostage-taking and contract breach
hawaiipublicradio.org

Four years ago this month, the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan and the U.S. withdrew. Chinese investors quickly stepped in as Kabul faced Western sanctions. Their first major investment was in oil fields, but that deal recently fell apart. The Taliban and the Chinese company are trading accusations at each other. As NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports, the saga sheds light on the often opaque relationship between Beijing and the Taliban.