# Wowsers. Afganistan might have actual strategic importance!

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 14, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wowsers-afganistan-might-have-actual-strategic-importance/543097 "2010-06-14T04:10:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wowsers-afganistan-might-have-actual-strategic-importance/543097/1 "2010-06-14T04:10:02Z")

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[Link](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html?emc=na)

Is this a game changer?

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wowsers-afganistan-might-have-actual-strategic-importance/543097/2 "2010-06-14T04:13:00Z")

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[Duplicate.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=567021)

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**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wowsers-afganistan-might-have-actual-strategic-importance/543097/3 "2010-06-14T04:17:08Z")

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> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#):
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> [Duplicate.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=567021)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wowsers-afganistan-might-have-actual-strategic-importance/543097/4 "2010-06-14T16:38:36Z")

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Afghanistan already has strategic importance. It’s next to Iran and Pakistan. That’s like, the _definition_ of being strategically important.