“We should leave Afghanistan immediately. No more wasted lives. If we have to go back in, we go in hard & quick. Rebuild the US first,” Trump tweeted in March 2013.

Three trucks loaded with mineral water were cleared to enter Afghanistan from the Chaman border post in Balochistan on Thursday, Chaman district customs official Abdul Razaq Imran told AFP.

Afghanistan is sitting on an estimated $1 trillion worth of untapped mineral resources, according to U.S. and UN assessments. Since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, around 200 mining ...

Newly Discovered Water, Oil And Gas Locations Surveyed In Afghanistan Date: May 2, 2008 Source: United States Geological Survey Summary: The USGS recently collected new information to aid in ...

A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the Taliban authorities' push to capitalise on the country's rich mineral ...

The recent mapping of massive mineral deposits in Afghanistan is sparking speculation about a modern gold rush in Central Asia -- although gold may not be a good comparison. The estimated $1 ...

KABUL, Afghanistan The brilliant blue stone lapis lazuli, prized for millennia, is almost uniquely found in Afghanistan, a key part of the extensive mineral wealth that is seen as the best hope ...

Afghanistan has vast mineral resources that have long attracted interest from outside countries, but a lack of infrastructure and political instability means they’re unlikely to aid its economy now.

The benefits of Afghanistan’s mineral riches may not be so forthcoming. Recently signed mining contracts could help Afghanistan’s development, but they could also hurt the country unless ...

Decades of war have destroyed most of Afghanistan’s water infrastructure and impeded the construction of modern water storage ... It has 1,400 mineral fields, containing iron ore, lithium ...

The New York Times reported on July 25, 2017 that U.S. advisors and Afghan officials are trying to use Afghanistan’s mineral wealth potential—once estimated at $1 trillion—to sell President ...

CPEC and Afghanistan's mineral wealth. Story by Express Tribune • 11mo. On July 23, 2023, ...