Deep beneath the ground in one of the world’s poorest countries sits at least $1 trillion of untapped mineral resources, according to a report published by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and ...

Afghanistan is rich in resources such as copper ... An Afghan mining sector road map published by the ministry in the same year said there were another 28.5 million metric tons of copper in ...

Afghanistan is building a 285-kilometre waterway at an accelerated pace to irrigate its drought-ridden northern regions.

An Afghan boy works at a construction site behind a US Army soldier in Logar province, Afghanistan. (Reuters / Danish Siddiqui) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree ...

Donald Trump loves a good deal. And sitting in Afghanistan, much of it in Taliban-controlled regions, there’s a doozy: deposits of rare-earth minerals once estimated to be worth $1 trillion.

"I've seen these maps that ... are waiting for Afghanistan to become relatively peaceful and politically stable before attempting any large-scale, long-term projects there. In the meantime, they're ...

In principle, these deposits mean resources for Afghanistan to build its economy as the “Saudi Arabia of lithium.” But expanding Afghanistan’s economy from the current $12 billion to ...

After 30 years of conflicts, Afghanistan’s cultural heritage is in dire straits, but one group of archaeologists is trying to put the country’s historical sites back on the map - literally.

Many companies, armed with geologic surveys completed during the Soviet occupation three decades ago, have long contemplated how to successfully operate in Afghanistan. "I've seen these maps that ...