Afghanistan: Trump Finds Reason for the US to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals

Jul 25, 2017 | Mark Landler and James Risen, New York TImes
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President Trump, searching for a reason to keep the United States in Afghanistan after 16 years of war, has latched on to a prospect that tantalized previous administrations: Afghanistan's vast mineral wealth, which his advisers and Afghan officials have told him could be profitably extracted by Western companies.