Afghanistan’s natural resources include natural gas, oil, coal, petroleum, copper, chromite, talc, barites and sulphur. According to a study by USGS initiated in 2006, Afghanistan has $1 US trillion in untapped mineral deposits, giving it the potential to become one of the world’s most important mining centres.
Sources: US Department of State, USGS
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