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2020-12-25 Afghanistan

Helmand: Taliban Face Heavy Retaliation in South Battles, 28 Killed

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Posted by trailing wife 2020-12-25 00:20|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top
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#1 Love it! Especially "Injun country"! Had the misfortune to work there for a few years, mining in no man's land near Baramcha. Interesting work, horrible place overrun by the drug cartels and their caravans.

Posted by pakinut 2020-12-25 06:56|| 2020-12-25 06:56|| Front Page Top

#2 That calls for some spiked egg nog!

Posted by Clem 2020-12-25 12:22|| 2020-12-25 12:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Baramcha (sometimes apparently spelt Bahram Cha) does not show up in the Rantburg archives by name, pakinut, though Dishu district has from time to time. See archive search here.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-12-25 17:27|| 2020-12-25 17:27|| Front Page Top

#4 We seem to have missed a Rolling Stone article from 2013 that names Baramcha as the center of Afghanistan’s opium trade, so I posted key bits for tomorrow. pakinut, I would be very happy if you took a look at it after the midnight (Eastern Time) rollover and added your comments.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-12-25 17:51|| 2020-12-25 17:51|| Front Page Top

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