As China moves to engage with the Taliban, it is setting its sights on Afghanistan’s vast mineral resources.
The interim government wants Chinese recognition so that mining can begin. The plans could threaten some of the nation’s archaeological treasures.
Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from Mes Aynak, Afghanistan.
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there is no rich resources in that pathetic country . the only rich thing they have is their trust in God and religion. hope they don’t misinterpret it.
China will help the Afghans to rebuild and rescue their economy. China is a builder and a rescuer. Over the past 20 years, the US and its vassals have been occupying Afghanistan and have been robbing and killing the Afghans.The US and its vassals are squatters, robbers and murderers.
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What a shame all of the educated people are fleeing because they don’t want to under religious rule
Where there’s Copper there’s usually Gold – probably as much as Freeport?
Any Geologists here to confirm?
As for New Guinea (world most gold resource ) it’s true but not everywhere 😁
JAY BHUDHA WE ARE SORRY WE COULD NOT PRESERVE YOU
USA came to IRAQ to occupy Oil, Gold.
USA came to AFGHANISTAN to occupy copper, Lithium etc.
9/11 was a inside job, to create a couse to war.
America is the cause of many wars and problems around the world including in their own country! 😞🙄🙄🙄
very good as they gain indepence now they has to work to keeped
Where will it go… US, US deal US desire…never ends
Quick, open those Chinese mines.
Thats the right thing to do Stabilizing the Economy First
Pakistan defeated America with American aids !!
Pakistan defeated America with American aids !! 😄🤣😂
I just wanna remind Taliban’s leaders “be careful” in making projects’ contract agreements with foreign states and appointed companies in exploring strategic natural resources including gold and other high valued minerals.
Careful for what? None can Mess around with them
Yes, agree
If any of you are wondering why he sounds out of breath, he’s up at a decent height where the air is thinner.
Really the people of Afghanistan don’t need Chinese junks
Now I understand the unending “War on Terror”… Copper, lithium, poppy, etc.
Now Pakistan and China will get those
China should recognize talliban government to restart mining of copper.
THESE ARE PEOPLE, NOT TERRORISTS.
History has been unkind to every expansionist regime on this planet.
Insaniyat ku mar gyi
Talibans are so duffer that they can only repair vehicles and operate weapons. They can’t invent or develop anything like machines, or technologies.
Even they dont know how to dig out valuable minerals from their lands.
Wtf
The previous Afghan regime wasted so much time and never fulfilled the potential
Will they promise to stop selling heroin to the West now? Doubt it.
This types of efforts and information
Provide the world famou chanel
Aljazeera so please continue these types of creative news JAZAKALLH
No shortage of governments trying to profit off the copper
China should start their families inhabit this area, they only know how to do business, they are the world business power house. They can rule the world with the communist ideology.
The statute that was shown seems to me “requesting the world to take it out.” And Taliban also want to sell them very fast otherwise one day (very soon) their inner selves will compel them to break them and torn them into pieces. On the other side the archeologists will be desperate to find a way to release these prisoner statues.
Pray for Afghanistan 🇦🇫
Taliban are against historic monuments as they destroyed buhda in bamyan
Rare earth metals will be game changer for Afghanistan.Chinese has 85% rare earth metals control in the world and expertise to mine.
They really need to open up their resources at this point after the damage done from the imperialist. Time to rebuild.
Do the “Muslim” Taliban care about Uighurs? Will artifacts now be protected because the Chinese are largely Buddhist?
Also: Afghan & Taliban military; The people of China, Afghanistan and America have not defeated an age old curse:
OPIUM
Archeology is secondary,lifestyle of people of present day is primary. Extract the minerals make the country rich. Look Aussies pretend they care about archeology but the same sites doesn’t matter if they are lucrative mining areas.
Thats one thing they did do right but they not Abrahamic faith Abraham would be horrified.they deny Jesus is messiah and propagate propaganfa similar to Jews who bribed the roman guards to lie after seeing angel roll stone away from Jesus tomb, they were bribed to tell a lie that hus disciples came and took him.bit diiffficult when its so heavy two guards standing there.maybe thats where they got their ideas ftom alk the heretical teachers .catholics are not christian.
ถ้าแผลหายไวแสดงว่าน้ำเหลืองยังดีอยู่ค่ะ พี่กบ สุขภาพร่างกายยังดีอยู่ค่ะ
รับทราบจ่ะ สุดที่รัก นางสาวดวงฤดี แซ่อ่าง
Stupid pushtun sold Afghanistan to America now it is China’s turn, they don’t have that brain to used anything from Afghanistan neither can run the government.
The media is ok with the U.S and Nato letting it rain bombs in Afghanistan but when the Taliban are in control, archeological sites become extremely precious and vulnerable. Its news for the blind of understanding.
Many have fought against you for your riches,but the Taliban are steadfast in the liberation of their country
well i’m glad they’re not planning on destroying the buddhas.
The mining was the real reason we stayed in Afghanistan for 20 years. Corporate interests kept us at war! Wake up America, we are headed toward being the United Corporate States of America.
Aka., Chinese push to get mines open to rape the country of its minerals and resources
Dang china didn’t waste anytime.
Waiting for the slaves to arrive?
Well, hopefully the Taliban find some archeology that the Smithsonian won’t let us see.
They brought taleb to work with them and there sport
Educate and train women, Afghanistan will become rich quickly. The stupid interpretation of Sharia by the Talibs will not allow economic prosperity. High time muslim scholars start fixing the flaws in the many versions of Sharia law.
Good job ! RESPECT
That’s why the conflict sustained in Afghanstan for more than four decades.
Talibans didnt
Taliban now is acting more and more like a government which is a good sign. I hope that Afghanistan will turn up like a central asian Vietnam, Taliban like the Vietminh.
I pray Afghanistan gets stability and prosperous in the years to come
and for other nations to treat Afghans with respect and love
MAGA – Make Afghanistan Great Again!
Love
The truth shall set you free
Stand for your own country
CHINA : Hello may good friend TALIBAN
i will give you everthing(ask everthing) if we can access all of your minerals like copper.
I wish Afghanistan all the best
I will give you guys a summary
1: USA is the main leader in this war. Pakistani Military is working under USA as a puppet and servant.
2: USA wanted an Army to conquer Central Asia, starting with Iran. The USA tried to make Ashraf Ghani government to work as a puppet to achieve the dream of conquering the Central Asia but soon realised that Ashraf Ghani Government was all corrupt so they (USA) chose plan B which is, they funded Pakistan Militry with $$$ to hire a HIT MAN ( Talibans ) to help USA achieve there dream of conquering Central Asia. The USA tried it with its own army but soon realised it was very expensive job to achieve the dream with its own boots on ground so they hired the Sub-contractors with the help of Pakistani Military ( servant Army ). The USA is on path to dig the natural resources from Central Asia with help of there sub-contractors ( Talibans ).
Boss: USA
Servant: PAKISTANI MILITRY
Sub-Contract: TALIBANS
Sub-sub contractors: ISIS K
Hope this was a good lecture/ Information
Thanks
TB should develop its air force with the help of China, Pakistan and Russia to tackle further threats from US and India. They should make security very strict because US and India kept their proxy ISIS inside Afghanistan.
inshallah we will. india is coward. they cannt attack us
@Javed Sultan But India already did a terror attack inside Pakistan with the help of their proxy TTP a few days ago. And US already did multiple terror attacks inside Afghanistan with the help of their proxy ISIS few days ago. Pakistan and the TB both have to brutally destroy these US and Indian proxies inside their territories and always have to be very alert.
@Lamia Hossain
yes. i was talking about military attack
@Javed Sultan All attacks are dangerous! As long as the country doesn’t become stable and completely free from foreign proxy terror groups, it won’t be able to focus on economy! So I think developing intelligence, constant monitoring, strict security and developing the defence forces should be the first priority! If they get a hold on that, then economic development will be a matter of time considering the amount of natural resources Afghanistan has!
Afghanistan should get all its minerals and Indians will cry
Two million Afghan children already malnourished.
Western Human Rights Laws: “How dare you try to mine these potentially historic lands”.
BUY NOTHING FROM THERE
There’s a 5000 year old city there. Don’t destroy it please!!!
Lol this the only reason US went to war in Afghanistan.
do not sell any of it to imperialistic USA or their poodles from NATO.
Its their country they can do wteva they want
So China is pinking them. Talli it’s your shizzle don’t let Chinese rip you off.
Allah penolong
Oh please don’t destroy national treasure. These ancient status are real art work of human civilizations.
I’m surprised those Buddhist statues are still intact.
China Russia Pakistan Iran Afghanistan Iraq Syria & Turkey Will rule the world .
New world order💫✍🏻
It all belongs to china now.
Well see
Islam means lock up your mother and sisters in the house
Hello
Mining pollutes the water, soil all around is poisoned where nothing grows, miners and nearby people’s lungs are filled with silica dust
Afghanistan’s tin & copper reserves were the material conditions for the Bronze Age. There are probably artifacts from humans 10,000 years ago in and around those mines
Allah kept so much of minerals and resources protected for this day to gift the free Afghans, the right to claim over their own resources.
Indeed the Taliban should not let the Chinese state company mine those, rather if the Chinese are willful, the Chinese should set-up and Afghan cooper company, and strike a deal with the state company of Afghanistan with the major profit should be of the state company of Afghanistan. There should be an environment protection company set-up to oversee, minimal ecological damage when mining is done.
It’s China for 13 million … they just gave
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I would have thought the US would have mined it all by now before leaving Afghanistan.
Still amazed me how these flip flopers are controlling a country!
Real terrorist country is USA
The exploitation begins.
Each country wants to steal resources from Afghanistan
Taliban need to take everything away from China. If they open the mines, money flows into Afghanistan… With cash comes development, food, roads, electricity, prosperity for all Afghanistan people. Real productivity – no more caves and AKs, real home developments, all from Copper.
As a Westerner I really hope the best for Afghanistan.
Taliban gonna hold the statues hostage everytime they want money from the Chinese. this is going to be fun to watch
China’s Belt and Road will change everything.
they need the money to buy more weapons
This was one the real reason for war in Afganistan all this time.
0:51 ironically, in my country, if it’s enough for some groups, the government will continue the project even it’s not beneficial enough to all citizens.
Be careful, china government like to take the profit to their country only, even a mere worker come from china,, and it’s really unfortunate to local worker.
Taliban the thieves ..may they get nothing ..nothing nothing from this land ..may Allah remove all resources from afghanistan if it favors taliban ..