According to the Petroleum Economist of February 11, 2002, it was the Taliban which tried to get a trans-Afghan pipeline, and it was the U.S. and Unocal which jinxed the project.

Statecraft: It's NOT the oil, Stupid, it's the power
Posted by: souljah on Jan 03, 2003 - 10:08 AM

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