Max Blumenthal
+ Ben Norton
&
Pepe Escobar
,
Moderate Rebels
Afghanistan: Pipelines, minerals, and CIA opium ratline
21 Aug 2021
• 73 min
• EN
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. PART 2 OF 2 VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QiF3TQZSxhs
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