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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

''China's Afghan oil deal on the skids''

a must read.......From Asia Times Online
By MK Bhadrakumar

''Afghan President Hamid Karzai last year awarded to China the first contract for exploring, developing and extracting oil in the resource-rich Amu Darya basin. It was a major coup for the Chinese. Unfortunately, the basin lies in the fiefdom of warlord Rashid Dostum, a fierce opponent of Karzai's who has the power and connections to make life very difficult for Beijing.''

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