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Cash-keen Taliban betting on Afghanistan's mines
"We want Afghanistan to be self-sufficient but there are obstacles," Humayoun Afghan, the spokesman for the Ministry of Mines ...
Taliban wants mining boom to fill coffers, China swoops in on chance to profit at the cost of environment
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Cash-keen Taliban betting on Afghanistan’s mines
“We want Afghanistan to be self-sufficient but there are obstacles,” Humayoun Afghan, the spokesman for the Ministry of Mines, told AFP. “We have no experts, no infrastructure, no knowledge.