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Lol, all of a sudden another reason to war to control a country .. lol .. geopolitical has been
and ever would have been a 'good enough' reason .. heh, gotta say, the SURPRISE in the
AMAZING 'new' discovery has an ENTERPRISE progress report scent to it .. studies have
progressed, but you betcha they have known, for yonks, of the mineral wealth of the area ..

A search link for the 1995 UN Report, Geology and Mineral Resources of Afghanistan ..
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Un+report+..+geology+and+mineral+resources+of+afghanistan++1995&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1RNFA_en___AU344

Gold in Afghanistan
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/AfghanMinerals/docs/Gold_A4.pdf#search=%27gold%20and%20copper%20discovered%20in%20afghanistan%27

US Geological Survey 2007 .. http://www.pajhwok.com/viewstory.asp?lng=eng&id=45504

Perhaps connected to the mention of the Chinese in yours ..
http://www.pajhwok.com/viewstory.asp?lng=eng&id=45842

The latter 3 links were gleaned from .. HERE ....

Discovery of huge untapped mineral deposits

According to the U.S. Geological Survey and the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Industry, Afghanistan may be possessing up to 36 trillion cubic feet (1,000 km3) of natural gas, 3.6 billion barrels (570,000,000 m3) of petroleum and up to 1,325 million barrels (2.107E+8 m3) of natural gas liquids. This could mark the turning point in Afghanistan's reconstruction efforts. Energy exports could generate the revenue that Afghan officials need to modernize the country's infrastructure and expand economic opportunities for the beleaguered and fractious population. Other reports show that the country has huge amounts of gold, copper, coal, iron ore and other minerals. HERE .. [32][179 .. is kaput ..][180][181] The government of Afghanistan is in the process of extracting and exporting its copper reserves, which will earn $1.2 billion US dollars in royalties and taxes every year for the next 30 years. It will also provide permanent labor to 3,000 of its citizens. In 2010, officials from the U.S. Pentagon along with American geologists have discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan. Plans are also being made by the Afghan government to begin extracting them, but with the Taliban insurgency and the corruption there is no telling what will happen in the future. An Afghan official have said "this will become the backbone of the Afghan economy" and a memo from the Pentagon stated that Afghanistan could become the "Saudi Arabia of lithium". .. many links ..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan#cite_note-Pajhwok-178

I hope the new SILK ROAD in Afghanistan proves in time to be as beneficial to Afghanistans as capitalism has been to Australians ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsFMS7e43KE

Gee, at 5:44 .. lol, interpreter??? Enough of that one.

azeemtahir — April 30, 2010 — This scene has been taken from Oliver Stones W., a biography of President George W. Bush. Stone, the screenwriter for Scarface, Evita and the director for movies like Born on the Fourth of July, JFK and Alexander is a much criticized patron of controversial issues and an avid user of historic facts. .. [...] .. [...] .. It really IS all about Oil, the Mineral Wealth that these Zionists need, and explains Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and pretty much everything that the Muslims are facing (and will face in future).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVmVdOohAXg

Cackle, it has always been about other minerals, too.

A new Silk Road ..

The 2008 China-Middle East Summit opened in Riyadh Monday, bringing together nearly 100 entrepreneurs
mainly from China and Saudi Arabia to discuss key opportunities and challenges of the 'New Silk Road.'
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=29823014&txt2find=silk|road

Yup, i knew you knew. Hi, DD, a good night to you, and many good days.