The official ending of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan leaves a number of long-term questions, including how the country can build a functioning economy. Now that U.S. assistance has evaporated and ...

Just when you thought all the news from Afghanistan was bleak — the Pentagon has released a new study on Afghanistan’s untapped mineral wealth: “The Pentagon back-study found huge deposits of iron, ...

The Taliban has been celebrating since the Islamist group that rules Afghanistan signed seven mining contracts promising to attract more than $6.5 billion in investments late last month. But experts ...

List of Afghan riches runs from gold and cobalt to lapis lazuli and copper. WASHINGTON June 14, 2010 -- U.S. geologists have concluded that Afghanistan, one of the world's poorest countries after 30 ...

The New York Times reported on July 25, 2017 that U.S. advisors and Afghan officials are trying to use Afghanistan’s mineral wealth potential—once estimated at $1 trillion—to sell President Donald ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. The pushback is a welcome corrective to some of the language in the Times story, like the claim in its lede ...

The recent mapping of massive mineral deposits in Afghanistan is sparking speculation about a modern gold rush in Central Asia -- although gold may not be a good comparison. The estimated $1 trillion ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. geologists have discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, possibly amounting to $1 trillion, President Hamid Karzai's spokesman said Monday. Waheed Omar told ...

LOGAR, Afghanistan — Somewhere in the Logar mountains, overlooking the highway to Kabul, Asadullah Massoud trudged up to a four-story-tall cleft. Before him was a monochromatic pattern of gray stone, ...

Yeah, it's hard not to be a little skeptical of the US intentions even if the science is cool, and if foreign powers don't get too involved so that Afghanistan can actually realize the benefits ...

The swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban fighters has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with thousands trying to flee the country. It’s also brought renewed focus on Afghanistan’s vast untapped mineral ...