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Afghanistan mining sector
![The Difficulties of Extracting Afghanistan’s Hidden Mineral Treasures The Difficulties of Extracting Afghanistan’s Hidden Mineral Treasures](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-01-28-130832.jpeg)
The Difficulties of Extracting Afghanistan’s Hidden Mineral Treasures
By Franz J. Marty
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.
![Afghanistan’s Mineral Resources Are a Lost Opportunity and a Threat Afghanistan’s Mineral Resources Are a Lost Opportunity and a Threat](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-21_14-55-43.jpg)
Afghanistan’s Mineral Resources Are a Lost Opportunity and a Threat
By Ahmad Shah Katawazai
Without a coherent strategy, Afghanistan's vast mineral resources represent both a lost opportunity and a threat to national security.
![Afghan Mineral Wealth: A Double-Edged Sword Afghan Mineral Wealth: A Double-Edged Sword](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-4258707.jpg)
Afghan Mineral Wealth: A Double-Edged Sword
By Wahidullah Azizi
Much of Afghanistan's hope hangs on its natural resources, but only if they can be exploited in a way that benefits Afghans.
![Afghanistan’s Minerals: A Looted Economic Hope for Stability Afghanistan’s Minerals: A Looted Economic Hope for Stability](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-21_14-55-43.jpg)
Afghanistan’s Minerals: A Looted Economic Hope for Stability
By Gul Maqsood Sabit
Instead of being looted, Afghanistan’s resources should be strategically exploited for the country's benefit.
![Why the Americans Shouldn't Dig for Coal in Afghanistan Why the Americans Shouldn't Dig for Coal in Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_07123106113.jpg)
Why the Americans Shouldn't Dig for Coal in Afghanistan
By Catherine Putz
There's coal in them thar Afghan hills.
![Will Afghanistan's Minerals Shape Trump's Policy Toward the Region? Will Afghanistan's Minerals Shape Trump's Policy Toward the Region?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-corundum-ww21b.jpg)
Will Afghanistan's Minerals Shape Trump's Policy Toward the Region?
By Ahmad Shah Katawazai
Afghanistan's mineral wealth could help kickstart the economy, but beware of the resource curse.
![The Story Behind China's Long-Stalled Mine in Afghanistan The Story Behind China's Long-Stalled Mine in Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-06_16-56-14.jpg)
The Story Behind China's Long-Stalled Mine in Afghanistan
By Mohsin Amin
Nine years after Chinese companies took control of Mes Aynak, copper extraction has yet to start.
![Taliban Loot Afghanistan's Mineral Riches Taliban Loot Afghanistan's Mineral Riches](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-05_15-19-44.jpg)
Taliban Loot Afghanistan's Mineral Riches
By Yigal Chazan
Illegal mining fuels the Taliban insurgency, threatening to turn the country’s vast mineral wealth into a "resource curse."
Islamic State Eying Afghanistan’s Natural Resources
By Brian M. Perkins
An expansion of the group’s operations in Afghanistan could threaten the fledgling mining industry.
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