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[-] huf@hexbear.net 25 points 3 years 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@hexbear.net 24 points 3 years 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

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 years ago

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

[-] Fuckass@hexbear.net 5 points 3 years ago

I remember reading something about this in the final 9/11 investigative report.

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