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On April 8, the authorities of the European Union (EU) approved another package of sanctions, already the fifth in a row. The new restrictions include a ban on granting access to EU ports to ships registered under the Russian flag, a ban on exports of semiconductors and a number of other goods, as well as a ban on imports of wood, cement, fertilizers, seafood and alcoholic beverages.
If Afghanistan is divided, an independent Afghani Pashtunistan would become a too great temptation to the Pashtuns dreaming of united Pashtunistan that would include part of Pakistan, according to the article A New Round of the Great Game: Players, Strategies, and Pieces by Yury Byaly, the Vice President of the Experimental Creative Center International Social Foundation (Kurginyan Center) published in the Essence of Time newspaper.
After their invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the USA in the south and the UK in the north of the country put the drug traffic under their control making it one of the most efficient sources of their income from the Afghani war, according to the article A New Round of the Great Game: Players, Strategies, and Pieces by Yury Byaly, the Vice President of the Experimental Creative Center International Social Foundation (Kurginyan Center) published in the Essence of Time newspaper.