Afghanistan Minerals

Reform and Realism in Afghanistan's Minerals Sector

Karin Lissakers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Transparency, Governance, Afghanistan Corruption, Afghanistan Minerals, Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable, Afghanistan, Mining, World News
Karin Lissakers

Afghanistan faces a storm of challenges in its minerals sector. A major one? The natural resistance of multinationals to invest in a place with serious security concerns.

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NYT: We Weren't Played On Afghanistan Mining Story

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fighting off skeptical, even mocking reactions to a front-page scoop on a $1 trillion mineral discovery in Afghanistan, The New York Times' Dean Baque...

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Endgame in Afghanistan

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan Minerals, Lithium, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

The goal in Afghanistan has never been to win. There was never anything to win in the first place. The objective has been, from the start, acquisition of that nation's resources.

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Money Won't Solve Problems in Afghanistan

Graham Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Graham Lee

Resource finds, in countries where money cannot be controlled, are usually bad news. How is throwing another huge pot of money into the mix going to solve Afghanistan's problems?

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JPMorgan Sends Mining Team To Afghanistan

New York Times | JAMES RISEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Mining companies around the world are eager to exploit Afghanistan's newly discovered mineral wealth, but executives of Western firms ca...

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Mineral Prospects Should Spur Peace, Not Conflict, in Afghanistan

Karin Lissakers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan Minerals, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, World News
Karin Lissakers

Despite a nine-year conflict and the current military surge by the U.S. and NATO, Afghanistan has taken foundational steps since 2009 to turn its mineral and hydrocarbon resources into sustainable national wealth.

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5 Lessons from Congo for Afghanistan Mining

David Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, Consumer Electronics, Conflict Minerals, Un Peacekeepers, Afghanistan, Mining, United Nations, Afghanistan Minerals, Congo, Counterinsurgency, World News
David Sullivan

It's worth delving into the less obvious links between mineral resources and instability in eastern Congo to illustrate the potentially grave effects of a gold, lithium, or niobium rush in Afghanistan.

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Diamonds in Your Bathtub

Alan Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Grayson

$1 trillion dollars in mineral wealth in Afghanistan. What a lame excuse for a lame excuse. Get ready to hear about lithium in Afghanistan, oil in Iraq, and diamonds in your bathtub.

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Afghan Mineral 'Discovery' Is Fodder for Conspiracy Theories

Ahmad Shuja | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ahmad Shuja

Afghan explanations about the woeful state of the war effort in their country contrast sharply from what emanates from the White House or DC-based think tanks.

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Afghan Mineral Wealth Could Exceed $3 Trillion

AP | DEB RIECHMANN and AMIR SHAH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Afpak, Afghanistan Minerals, Afghan Minerals, What Are Afghanistans Minerals Worth, Wahidullah Shahrani, Bamiyan, World News

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan is gearing up to award contracts to mine one the world's largest iron ore deposits buried in a peaceful provinc...

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Jason Linkins

NYT's Risen Hits Back At Critics On Afghan Minerals Story, Raises More Questions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview with John Cook, Risen strikes back at critics of his Afghanistan mineral story. The story was met with substantial criticism since the news of the mineral riches was not exactly new.

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Afghanistan: It Actually Gets Worse

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Wolff

Karzai's game is obviously changed. Where before he was a two-bit drug-lord middleman, the US some months ago informs him he's potentially one of the richest men in the world.

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Why Afghanistan's Mineral Deposits Won't Help

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff and Doug Sarro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Round-up of today's AfPak news. Why Afghan mineral deposits won't help. Though U.S. officials say Afghanistan's deposits, valued at $1 trillion, wil...

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Grasping for Rationales, Feeding Conspiracy Theories

Malou Innocent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Malou Innocent

This "discovery" may force more people in the region to ask: what are America's real reasons for building permanent bases in Central Asia?

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Obama's Fool's Gold in Afghanistan

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacob Heilbrunn

Even if Afghanistan does turn out to possess everything the Pentagon claims it does, the sad truth is that precious natural resources are, more often than not, a curse for the Third World nations that harbor them.

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Afghanistan's 'Vast Riches Of Minerals' Highlighted By Pentagon

Posted 05.25.2011

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"The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough ...

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U.S. Discovers Vast Riches Of Minerals In Afghanistan

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough t...

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