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Realistically, not UN-ISAF that ruinined thousands of years old irrigation system, etc. but that started to happen way back during the Russian occupation of Afghanistan.

a vast majority of the Irrigation system was actually destroyed many hundreds of years earlier as whichever Khan's men moved over the land, as they considered settled agriculture to be an impediment to the movement of horses. The country has never properly recovered since.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Wed Feb 6th, 2008 at 12:25:12 PM EST
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Right you are ceebs! Yep, didn't delve as far back... but absolutely true.
by The3rdColumn on Wed Feb 6th, 2008 at 12:59:11 PM EST
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