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Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by nyolfen on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:10PM (#26974878)
which natural resources were we getting out of afghanistan
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Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by advrs on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @07:45PM (#26975650)
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

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Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by lostlogin on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:43AM (#26978431)
> 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.

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Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by toomanybeersies on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:41AM (#26978079)
Afghanistan sits on top of trillions of dollars of mineral resources, including large reserves of copper, lithium, cobalt, and rare earth metals.
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Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by withinboredom on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:32PM (#26975087)
Pomegranate. After burning the poppy fields.
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Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by jessaustin on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:53PM (#26975277)
Oh I love that fruit. In that case, bombs away!
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