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Afghanistan starts asking awkward questions about where small wars come from

By Duffel Blog Staff · Bureau · 1 minute

Filed 5 October 2022 · 1533

KABUL — The United States just stared ahead with a blank look on its face after the Afghanistan War began asking questions about where small wars actually come from, sources confirmed today.

Revealing that friends told it that big wars like the one against the Taliban were brought to this world by an unmanned aerial stork, Afghanistan went on to question whether small wars were created by God, the CIA, or by some other means.

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