Fazelmenallah Yazdanpanah works in a mine near Kabul digging coal, among the mineral riches that Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are touting as a panacea for their country's economic ills. (Marcus Yam / ...

Taliban sees lithium in Afghanistan as key to economic future Lithium is the major element needed to produce electric car batteries, and now there’s a gold rush for it in Afghanistan, spurred by the ...

Afghanistan was once the Saudi Arabia of its time, due to its ownership of an important commodity: Horses. Afghanistan’s Taliban government accepted a $10 billion investment in the country’s mines ...

Nov 24 (Reuters) - Officials representing several Chinese companies are in Afghanistan to conduct on-site inspections of potential lithium projects, reported state-backed Chinese newspaper Global ...

Over two years after the Biden administration abruptly pulled out of Afghanistan, China is sliding in with its eyes on the war-torn country’s natural resources. China is being welcomed with open arms ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware. There has also been a tentative agreement reached between China and ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan government is trying to grab the attention of President Donald Trump and gain greater U.S. support by dangling its massive and untouched wealth of minerals, ...

On September 18, US President Donald Trump declared he wanted to “get back” Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, citing its proximity to China’s nuclear facilities in Xinjiang. Speaking at a joint press ...

In June, the Department of Defense announced that the mineral wealth of Afghanistan -- including iron, copper, gold and lithium -- might be worth more than $900 billion. Despite the historic ...

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, save for a seam of ...