Moderate Rebels
Moderate Rebels
Moderate Rebels
Afghanistan: Pipelines, minerals, and CIA opium ratline
1 hour 13 minutes Posted Aug 21, 2021 at 3:00 pm.
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We continue our discussion with geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar of the end of the 20-year US/NATO war in Afghanistan, the opium ratline the CIA used to fund dirty covert ops, the fight over pipelines, and the estimated $1 trillion worth of untapped mineral reserves in the country, as well as Washington's "pivot to Asia" and how Afghanistan is central in the new cold war on China and Russia.

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