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Unlocking Afghanistan's mineral wealth

A few years back, the Pentagon estimated Afghanistan was sitting on at least US$1 trillion of untapped mineral deposits. In 2014, new president Ashraf Ghani said he wanted the country’s mineral wealth to act as a catalyst that could transform Afghanistan into a modern, industrialised state.

Given the security situation, you will probably not be surprised to learn that progress has been painfully slow. Actually it’s worse than that. The Chinese are threatening to pull out of a $3 billion copper...

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