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Afghanistan: Could Afghan Resupply Efforts Promote US-Iranian Cooperation?
BY DEIRDRE TYNAN
The Defense Department’s US Transportation Command is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to find alternative routes of supply to Afghanistan. Documents obtained by EurasiaNet indicate that efforts to both ease and widen the flow of non-lethal materiel to NATO and US troops fighting the Taliban could potentially require cooperation between the United States and Iran.

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ALMANAC FACTS
Area: 488,000 sq km (188,418 sq mi)
Population: 4,863,169
Capital: Ashgabat 462,000
President: Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov
Religion: Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
Life Expectancy: 61.29 years
GDP per capita: $5,800
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