Mapping Afghanistan’s untapped natural resources. Afghanistan is believed to hold more than $1 trillion worth of mineral resources and metals but faces many challenges in tapping them.

Digital Originals Natural resources left in Afghanistan are 'a treasure chest for our adversaries,' veteran congressman says Taliban could sell rare earth metals to US rivals to build weapons like ...

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 ...

Afghanistan has become the first country to map its natural mineral resources using an advanced remote sensing technique known as hyperspectral imaging. The mapping, a collaborative effort between ...

While the Taliban takes stock of the natural resources and US-funded infrastructure now at their disposal, ... More Afghanistan's Taliban, in north China's Tianjin, July 28, 2021.

Afghanistan’s hopes for the future lie in the development of its vast deposits of natural resources, however there is fear that this mineral wealth could trigger a civil war as factions try to ...

Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Can Bring Peace to Afghanistan – UN Report. New York, Jun 24 2013 - Sustainable and equitable management of Afghanistan’s natural resources such as ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South's Civil and Environmental Branch takes the lead in safeguarding and improving Afghanistan's natural and cultural resources.

KALU VALLEY, afghanistan — If there is a road to a happy ending in Afghanistan, much of the path might run underground: in the trillion-dollar reservoir of natural resources — oil, gold, iron ...

Cash-strapped and cut off from international aid, the Taliban-led government is tapping into Afghanistan's natural resources to boost revenue. Since the Taliban toppled the Western-backed ...

Before its failed occupation of Afghanistan, the Soviet Union discovered that the country was rich in natural resources. In the 1980s, Soviet mining experts drafted maps and collected data that ...