Afghanistan: Taliban Says Ok for China to Develop Huge Afghan Copper Mine

Dec 16, 2016 | Andrew Topf, Mining.com
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A promise by the Taliban to safeguard the world's second largest untapped copper deposit is being downplayed by the sitting government of Afghanistan. In a statement on November 29, the shadowy group known for harbouring Osama bin Laden following the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, said that the Mes Aynak copper deposit is among those that it would allow for development.