What the Media Won't Tell You About Afghanistan

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Published August 22, 2017

References:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN: $4 BILLION OBLIGATED BETWEEN 2002 AND 2013 https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/special%20projects/SIGAR-14-49-SP.pdf

Lithium https://www.voanews.com/a/afghanistan-trump-mining-lithium/3798585.html

Pentagon Bought Itself $150M in Unnecessary Luxury Homes in Afghanistan, Watchdog Says http://cdn.defenseone.com/a/defenseone/interstitial.html?v=7.7.1&rf=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.defenseone.com%2Fbusiness%2F2015%2F12%2Fpentagon-bought-itself-150m-unnecessary-luxury-homes-afghanistan-watchdog-says%2F124204%2F

Ancient Jewish scrolls found in north Afghanistan
https://tribune.com.pk/story/325947/ancient-jewish-scrolls-found-in-north-afghanistan/

29 Fascinating Photos Of 1960s Afghanistan
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/1960s-afghanistan

Jack Balkwill: "The World Should Fear another President Clinton".
http://whatsupic.com/special-usa/jack-balkwill46464.html

The $1trillion jackpot: U.S. discovers vast natural deposits of gold, iron, copper and lithium in Afghanistan
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1286464/US-discovers-natural-desposits-gold-iron-copper-lithium-Afghanistan.html

Afghanistan could potentially become the lead supplier of lithium
http://wadsam.com/afghan-business-news/afghanistan-could-potentially-become-the-lead-supplier-of-lithium-232/

Afghanistan the “Saudi Arabia of lithium”
http://www.khaama.com/afghanistan-the-saudi-arabia-of-lithium-1747

Opium production in Afghanistan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanistan

US embassy cables: Afghan government asks US to quash 'dancing boys' scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/213720

Taliban's Ban On Poppy A Success, U.S. Aides Say
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2001/05/20/world/taliban-s-ban-on-poppy-a-success-us-aides-say.html

Opium and Afghanistan
https://medium.com/the-hindu-kush-monitor/opium-and-afghanistan-da02ba6d4b3c

CIA Afghanistan opium https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2086.html

"This Russian position is also the root of a point of tension with the United States, which considers poppy eradication harmful to the military operation in Afghanistan, as it angers peasant growers who might then be tempted to turn to the Taliban." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/rbth/society/7646607/Russias-war-on-drugs-tackling-heroin-problem-means-going-back-to-Afghanistan.html

A brand-new U.S. military headquarters in Afghanistan. And nobody to use it. http://archive.is/Ht00pMoscow hosts global summit on heroin plague
https://www.rbth.com/articles/2010/06/10/moscow_hosts_global_summit_on_heroin_plague.html

A Conspiracy Theory that became a “Conspiracy Fact”: The CIA, Afghanistan’s Poppy Fields and America’s Growing Heroin Epidemic
http://www.globalresearch.ca/a-conspiracy-theory-that-became-a-conspiracy-fact-the-cia-afghanistans-poppy-fields-and-americas-growing-heroin-epidemic/5533673

In Angry Tweetstorm, Ron Paul Lashes Out At "Neocon" Trump
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-21/angry-tweetstorm-ron-paul-lashes-out-neocon-trump

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