PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoThere was a literal civil war over this in Afghanistan, c'monlemmy.worldimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down117cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1211arrow-down1imageThere was a literal civil war over this in Afghanistan, c'monlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·edit-25 days ago Hey, quick question, who was providing Pakistan with weapons and was allied with them around that time? In the 1990s, when the Taliban was formed and the US had an arms embargo on Pakistan? That’s a good question. Do you have any suggestions?
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days ago In the 1990s, when the Taliban was formed and the US had an arms embargo on Pakistan? Having an arms embargo doesn’t mean you don’t sell them weapons, apparently. It wasn’t a whole lot of stuff though… https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-06-mn-3321-story.html But just score free points in this quiz, the answer is “China, but they developed a pretty major arms industry themselves during the embargo”
In the 1990s, when the Taliban was formed and the US had an arms embargo on Pakistan?
That’s a good question. Do you have any suggestions?
Having an arms embargo doesn’t mean you don’t sell them weapons, apparently. It wasn’t a whole lot of stuff though…
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-06-mn-3321-story.html
But just score free points in this quiz, the answer is “China, but they developed a pretty major arms industry themselves during the embargo”