US discovers $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan - Telegraph

Afghanistan has up to $1trillion worth of untapped mineral resources which could revolutionise the country's economy and perhaps even the war, American officials have said.

Afghan officials believe the mining sector will eventually become the backbone of the now tiny Afghan economy and provide hundreds of thousands of jobs.

The economy is currently dominated by aid money and drug smuggling, raising fears the coalition's investments in building the Afghan army and state are ultimately unsustainable.

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