Afghanistan mining sector

While Chinese investment is rising, particularly in the mining sector, the operations face both local pushback and logistical headaches.

The Taliban are gradually increasing revenue streams from resource extraction operations in an effort to minimize the impact of Western pressure. 

The Taliban’s interim government has boasted about its economic success, but few Afghans are feeling a positive impact.

While Afghanistan’s mineral riches are often depicted as a way out of aid dependency, Afghan miners continue to face problems in realizing those dreams.

Without a coherent strategy, Afghanistan's vast mineral resources represent both a lost opportunity and a threat to national security.

Much of Afghanistan's hope hangs on its natural resources, but only if they can be exploited in a way that benefits Afghans.

Instead of being looted, Afghanistan’s resources should be strategically exploited for the country's benefit.

There's coal in them thar Afghan hills.

Afghanistan's mineral wealth could help kickstart the economy, but beware of the resource curse.

Nine years after Chinese companies took control of Mes Aynak, copper extraction has yet to start.

Illegal mining fuels the Taliban insurgency, threatening to turn the country’s vast mineral wealth into a "resource curse."

An expansion of the group’s operations in Afghanistan could threaten the fledgling mining industry.