Potential for a Mining Boom Splits Factions in Afghanistan - nytimes

KALU VALLEY, Afghanistan — If there is a road to a happy ending in Afghanistan, much of the path may run underground: in the trillion-dollar reservoir of natural resources — oil, gold, iron ore, copper, lithium and other minerals — that has brought hopes of a more self-sufficient country, if only the wealth can be wrested from blood-soaked soil. - Potential for a Mining Boom Splits Factions in Afghanistan --- Afghans Wary in Push for Mineral Riches