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A former U.S. ambassador peddles influence in Afghanistan

By Antonia Juhasz,

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Antonia Juhaszis a fellow at the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California’s Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Her most recent book is Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill.

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21st century Afghanistan Amu Darya Valley Bribery China National Petroleum Corporation Foreign economic relations Influence Petroleum industry and trade Political aspects Politics and government Tethys Petroleum United States Zalmay Khalilzad

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