"Look here, this slab of American concrete is our Macau!"

Not how it works my hateful buddies, not at all.

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 70%. (I'm a bot)

> Afghanistan's Taliban government says it will turn some former foreign military bases into economic zones for businesses.

> Afghanistan has faced a deepening economic and humanitarian crisis since the Taliban regained control of the country in August 2021.

> "The Taliban desperately needs to boost its coffers if it is to govern better and attain some domestic legitimacy," Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore told the BBC. "More importantly, the Taliban needs to prove its commitment to economic planning. This includes establishing safe zones near the capital and borders for potential foreign investors such as the Chinese... and to revive regional trade with neighbouring countries," he added.

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not a bad idea, but what are they going to trade there?

So they will grow weed there

Not anymore, just poppies.

Edit to add;

As more countries legalize cannabis there is just no money in it.

I love me some Afghani flower but it's grown local now.

Will Afghan women be allowed in these zones? Or is it the usual Taliban sausage party?

What business though

sounds like a load a nothing....nothing good that is.

They make the best dope, too.

AKA black-market bizarres

Oh, there'll be boys.

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Oh the women there will be the selling goods.

For poppy seed bagels

Can you drink?

Hmmm, bagels. In Homer Simpson voice of course.