Afghanistan Moves from Opium to Lithium?

Published on June 13th, 2010

This has to fall into the category of “game changer” for the United States, Afghanistan, the Taliban and the very war itself. Seems U.S. geologists recently found vast reservoirs of natural minerals buried beneath the war torn country. According to the New York Times article, over $1 trillion of mineral deposits, including lithium, lay scattered beneath the rugged Afghan terrain.

You gotta wonder what will this do to the ongoing U.S. strategy both in country and throughout the entire region.

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