Tag: Afghanistan
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Russia is beginning to be seriously affected by the processes taking place in the Middle East and higher up in the Pacific region.
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The whole Russia-Taliban affair involves a humongous package – encompassing oil, gas, minerals and loads of rail connectivity.
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Brown University’s cost of the Afghan war project just concluded that America’s longest war cost an estimated $US 2.2 trillion dollars – that’s ‘trillion dollars.” If we add in George W. Bush’s fake `war on terror,’ Brown’s scholars estimate that the cost rises to US $8 trillion!
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O reconhecimento diplomático do governo Talibã no Afeganistão em 31 de janeiro de 2024 pela China deve ser colocado entre dois outros movimentos de política regional de longo alcance de Pequim na era pós-guerra fria – os Cinco de Xangai em 1996 – mais tarde renomeados como Organização de Cooperação de Xangai em 2001 – e a Iniciativa Cinturão e Rotas anunciada pelo Presidente Xi Jinping em 2013.