The Pentagon dubbed Afghanistan ‘the Saudi Arabia of lithium.’ Now, it is American rivals that are angling to exploit those coveted reserves. Miners work to extract gemstones including kunzite ...

According to the UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2019, opium harvesting provided the equivalent of up to 119,000 full-time ...

"There is good potential for the extraction of these metals and minerals, and I hope that Russian companies will invest in Afghanistan in this area," Nooruddin Azizi added KAZAN, May 15.

More than three years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country's new leaders insist they have improved people's lives, but for years the Taliban has ruled with an iron fist ...

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