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China has copper mines and oil extraction going on there. They have recently been training some of the Afghan military (who are defecting to the Taliban). They have been building the fiber optic network there. And most importantly Afghanistan is necessary to their belt and road initiative; the Sino-Afgan railway is just the beginning.

China has copper mines and oil extraction going on there. They have recently been training some of the Afghan military (who are defecting to the Taliban). They have been building the fiber optic network there. And most importantly Afghanistan is necessary to their belt and road initiative; the Sino-Afgan railway is just the beginning.

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Don't forget. China wants the pipelines. Pipelines for Iranian and Caspian oil. Pipelines that must go through Afghanistan.

They have an industrial economy, far too many people, and no fuel. You could say it is a strategic imperative to secure those routes.

Unocol tried to build through there 20 years ago, and failed.

Then Bush did 911 and invaded Afghanistan.

Then there is this:

https://thediplomat.com/2015/12/could-tapi-bring-peace-to-afghanistan/

With the Taliban seizing control, they improve their seat at the pipeline table.

Yet, China is right there, ready to invade at the drop of a hat, which they just might do if they don't like whatever happens next.

Oil is the biggest business in the world.

The drug trade doesn't even come close.

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China is right there, ready to invade at the drop of

Invasions are so 20th-century. We have come so much further than that.