• huf [he/him]
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    2511 months ago

    did they already plan to use afghanistan to export muslim extremism into xinjiang when they planned the invasion, or did they come up with that idea later?

    • Dr_Gabriel_Aby [none/use name]
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      2411 months ago

      I think they already had been, Uigyurs were fighting in the Soviet-Afghan war on the side of the muhajadeen and then brought that violence home in the 90s

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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        1311 months ago

        CIA was heavily involved in creating the Afghan war though, Afghanistan would look like Vietnam or Cuba today if not for that.