WAR 2 - Lords of War
COMMONS
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Afghanistan Guerillas - Hemetar and Kobedin
During the 19 eighties, the c i a began to funnel arms and money to afghan mujahadin fighters as part of a strategy to bog down the soviets. But almost none of that made its way to men like masoud. Instead, the uited states was providing huge amounts of weapons to other warlords including gulbadin hematar and gelulldin hakani kobedin. Hemetar would go on to become one of afghanistan's most opium traffickers all while he was receiving american aid. Hakani became patrons to a young, wealthy soudi who had come to afghanistan to fight thesoviets. Despite the mass
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