this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2023
315 points (96.5% liked)

World News

32352 readers
412 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Dr_Gabriel_Aby@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they already had been, Uigyurs were fighting in the Soviet-Afghan war on the side of the muhajadeen and then brought that violence home in the 90s

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

CIA was heavily involved in creating the Afghan war though, Afghanistan would look like Vietnam or Cuba today if not for that.