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  • Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over

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    • Foreign donations: The Taliban receive financial aid from certain countries, such as Pakistan, Iran and Russia, as well as private citizens from Pakistan and several Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar¹²⁴. This may account for a significant proportion of their revenue, possibly up to $500 million a year¹.

    • Drug trade: Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, which can be refined to make heroin. The Taliban tax every stage of the drug production and smuggling process, from poppy farmers to traders¹²³. This is one of their main income sources, generating between $100 million and $400 million a year¹.

    • Mining and trading minerals: The Taliban exploit the rich mineral resources of Afghanistan, such as copper, gold, iron, coal and gemstones. They extract and sell these minerals to local and foreign buyers, often through illegal channels¹²⁵. This may bring them another $100 million to $400 million a year¹.

    • Taxation and extortion: The Taliban impose various taxes on the people and businesses in the areas they control, such as a 10% cultivation tax on opium farmers, a 2.5% wealth tax (zakat), and a 10% tax on harvests (ushr)¹²⁵. They also extort money from development and infrastructure projects, as well as from transport and telecommunication companies¹²⁵. This could add another $300 million to $500 million a year to their coffers¹..

    Source: Conversation with Bing, 12/26/202 3 (1) Afghanistan: How do the Taliban make money? - BBC.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46554097.

    (2) Who funds the Taliban? Where the Afghanistan militants' funding comes ....

    https://inews.co.uk/news/world/taliban-who-fund-supplies-weapons-afghanistan-funding-explained-1158494.

    (3) Taliban - Wikipedia.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban.

    (4) Who are the Taliban funded by? Inside its £1 billion fortune.

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1477515/Taliban-funding-income-arms-Afghanistan-latest-evg.

    (5) How is the Taliban funded: Where do the militant group get money and ....

    https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/taliban-where-weapons-money-funds-b1911655.html.

    (6) en.wikipedia.org.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban.

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  • That was a Ukranian POW

  • MDK-3 trench-digging vehicle in use by Ukranian engineers

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  • It provides protection and makes it harder for tanks to cross.

  • But my WiFi is just fine!

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  • But can snakey boi summon daedra?

  • The moment of the second Storm Shadow cruise missile strike on the command center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol.

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  • A scalpel versus a sledgehammer

  • Coming to an abandoned Blockbuster near you..

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  • *GILFs

  • Sweden handed over ten Stridsvagn 122 tanks to Ukraine, which are variants of Leopard 2

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  • Coming to an abandoned Blockbuster near you..

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  • C'mon man, have some more respect for yourself.

  • John Grisham, other top US authors sue OpenAI over copyrights

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  • That was probably in a different community. I can't find any posts in this one.

  • Fresh seafood rations on the front line

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  • "The Sphere" in Las Vegas began broadcasting giant emojis

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  • Do you believe in life after love?

  • Images appeared from the Kilo-class submarine 'Rostov-on-Don' showing very significant damage after the cruise missile attack on Sevastopol bay.

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  • Big explosions in occupied Donetsk at this moment. It looks like the administration building of the self proclaimed 'DPR' is struck.

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  • NSFW

    The enemy, realizing that Andriivka is lost and their soldiers are surrendering, open fire on their own.

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  • The shell landed on the Russians that were laying down. Luckily the Ukranians were far enough away.

  • New video of the destroyed "Minsk" landing-ship from the dry dock.

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  • The road to Robotyne

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  • Possibly track damage on the opposite side of the camera, but they're definitely repairable.

  • In Saratov, Russia, a Ukranian UAV reportedly hit a gas pipeline.

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  • The road to Robotyne

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  • 2x Leopard 2A6 tanks

    1x Leopard 2R Mine-clearing vehicle

  • Ukrainian missiles strike Russian warships in Crimean naval base

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