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Pepe Escobar | Sept 7

Asia Times – Ten years ago, while the Taliban were filling their coffers with taxes from the world’s largest smuggling ring, a reincarnation of the Queen of Sheba was playing her part in a sprawling west Afghan underground network of women refusing to be locked indoors. Today, the Afghan-Pakistan border is still porous, and the Taliban seem to believe they may even get their Talibanistan back.

This is the conclusion of a three-part report.
PART 1: ‘Throw these infidels in jail’
PART 2: The degree zero of culture