Quote Originally Posted by islandermyk View Post
Cold war is over... so I don't think Afghanistan is no longer needed for a strategic spot for the US...

OIL?
Only thing Afghanistan has to do with Oil (since they have almost no oil) is pipelines... a big thing though that was discovered years ago that the rest of the world is finally getting into over there is Copper... look up the Anyak Copper Mine, acquired by China (beat out us and the Germans). That will help their infrastructure so they don't have to rely on heroin so much (poppy is the #1 crop, heroin is the #1 export).