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[โ€“] huf@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

did they already plan to use afghanistan to export muslim extremism into xinjiang when they planned the invasion, or did they come up with that idea later?

[โ€“] Dr_Gabriel_Aby@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago

I think they already had been, Uigyurs were fighting in the Soviet-Afghan war on the side of the muhajadeen and then brought that violence home in the 90s