They've been doing it for a rather long time.
WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE DYING FOR IN AFGHANISTAN
By Michael Rivero
The Taliban had all but eradicated the opium growers before the US invasion. So why is cheap Afghani heroin flooding into the United States?
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/dyinginafghanistan.php
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Mr. Maresca. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's nice to see you again. I am John Maresca, vice president for international relations of the Unocal Corporation.
" As with the proposed Central Asia oil pipeline, CentGas can not begin construction until an internationally recognized Afghanistan Government is in place."
US Policy On Taliban Influenced By Oil Deal Negotiations
The two claim that the US government's main objective in Afghanistan was to consolidate the position of the Taliban regime to obtain access to the oil and gas reserves in Central Asia.
They affirm that until August [2001], the US government saw the Taliban regime "as a source of stability in Central Asia that would enable the construction of an oil pipeline across Central Asia" from the rich oilfields in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan, through Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the Indian Ocean. Until now, says the book, "the oil and gas reserves of Central Asia have been controlled by Russia. The Bush government wanted to change all that."
"We Shall See" quote from Charlie Wilson's War
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Crossroads Asia
Why Is Afghanistan the ‘Graveyard of Empires’?
A brief history of the empires that were broken in the Hindu Kush.
The Taliban continue to gain in strength, while ISIS is expanding throughout the country. The Taliban, ISIS, various warlords, and the Afghan government all continue to fight each other.
https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/why-is-afghanistan-the-graveyard-of-empires/
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