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Commercial obligations in Afghanistan, Law on Cooperatives, ‎Enterprises and Banks. Scientists have identified over 4000 minerals of the earth's crust. Total value of Afghanistan's mines is equivalent to 1.5 trillion dollars. Substances that are formed based on natural processes are called minerals. Import and Export of Afghanistan and goods that are main items for export. Minerals can be identified by their physical properties, such as hardness, color, appearance (luster) and odor

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Afghanistan has natural gas, oil, coal, marble, gold, copper, chromite, talc, barite, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semi-precious stones. Some minerals can be detected by a little more features than the naked eye. Afghanistan is an agricultural country with a high livestock capacity. Providing quality material has a huge impact on your reputation as a trader

Minerals Trade in the Middle East
Minerals Trade in the Middle East

Substances that are formed based on natural processes are called minerals. They are characterized by following the conditions and structures of nature, but organic mines "have the structure, organs and conditions of a living agent" It is also obtained. 

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The method of recognizing real Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan
The method of recognizing real Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan

The original locality for lapis lazuli is the Sar-e-Sang deposit in Afghanistan's remote Badakhshan district. In the Achaemenid period, azure was called "Kabutkeh". In the Sassanid period, azure was consumed a lot. The roof of Ctesiphon, as well as various sculptures, is made of azure; it is possible that they used azurite instead of azure in making these works. 

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The Turquoise Group of Minerals
The Turquoise Group of Minerals

The turquoise group consists of five triclinic minerals. These minerals are very similar in chemical composition, crystal structure, physical properties and often in appearance. Members of the group are: turquoise, aheylite, chalcosiderite, faustite, and planerite. Their compositions are listed in the accompanying table.

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Mines of Afghanistan
Mines of Afghanistan

In 2010, US Pentagon officials, along with US geologists, uncovered approximately $ 1 trillion in untapped mineral reserves in Afghanistan. A Pentagon note says Afghanistan could become Saudi Arabia's lithium. Some believe that intact minerals are worth up to $ 3 trillion.

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What is chromite or chrome ore and what are its uses?
What is chromite or chrome ore and what are its uses?

Chromite is found as stone in nature. This stone is also known as chromite and contains chromium oxide with the formula FeCr2O4. Chromite occurs in mineral deposits and veins and may be found in the ground as small particles or larger deposits. Accumulations of chromite are found in some regions of the world including South Africa, Albania, Kazakhstan, Turkey and India.

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-led war in Afghanistan leaves a number of long-term questions, including how the country can build a functioning economy. assistance has evaporated and international aid is largely shut off, what options does Afghanistan have? . Afghanistan possesses a wealth of nonfuel minerals whose value has been estimated at more than US$1 trillion. These minerals continue to be locally extracted, both legally and illegally, in mostly small, artisanal mines. While the total abundance of minerals is certainly vast, scientific understanding of these resources is still at an exploratory stage. British and German geologists conducted the earliest modern surveys of Afghanistan’s minerals in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Geological Survey conducted a detailed review of available data, adding new information from its own aerial survey, limited field checking and from the Afghanistan Geological Survey. Given the time and money invested, it would appear high-level plans were in play to develop Afghanistan’s minerals once the country was under Soviet influence. How much mineral abundance does Afghanistan actually have? I’ll try to answer this with a brief summary of USGS estimates for metals of special interest: copper, iron, lithium and rare earth metals. If further study were to judge them recoverable at a profit, they would rank Afghanistan among the top five nations for copper reserves in the world. The largest copper deposit, which also contains significant amounts of cobalt, is the Aynak ore body, located about 18 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Kabul. After the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the Soviets began development of the mine but it was suspended in 1989 following Soviet withdrawal from the country. Afghanistan also has world-class iron ore resources, concentrated in the Haji Gak deposit of Bamiyan Province. 8 billion, placing Afghanistan among the top 10 nations worldwide in extractable iron. Whether or not Afghanistan can begin mining these elements will depend on what the new Taliban government does. Though roads exist to many ore deposit areas, Afghanistan lacks good-quality roadways, railways and electricity. Mining can result in major impacts to land and air quality, as well as watersheds – a particular concern in water-poor Afghanistan – if not regulated to best practices. For Afghanistan, its resources could mean a source of long-term foreign investment, skill-building and infrastructure expansion, all essential for a sustainable economy. Afghanistan is also at the center of geopolitical struggles, involving both India and Pakistan, as well as China, Iran and the U. That the Taliban are now in control does not make the country’s minerals any less invested with large significance. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington that produced a report on Afghanistan’s natural resources and the possibility of their acting as a basis for economic development.
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Without a coherent strategy, vast mineral resources represent both a lost opportunity and a threat to national security. Torn by four decades of war and desperate poverty, Afghanistan is believed to be sitting on one of the richest troves of minerals in the world. Afghanistan has vast reserves of gold, platinum, silver, copper, iron, chromite, lithium, uranium, and aluminium. The United States Geological Survey (USGS), through its extensive scientific research of minerals, concluded that Afghanistan may hold 60 million metric tons of copper, 2. Some reports estimate Afghanistan REE resources are among the largest on earth. According to a Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) report, Washington has not had a unified strategy for the development of Afghanistan’s extractive industries. Moreover, the Trump administration has commenced the Energy Resource Governance Initiative (ERGI), intended to promote mining of minerals that are in high demand. Afghanistan could be part of the ERGI as well, from which the country could benefit economically and ensure a long-term strategic partnership with the United States. Afghanistan can be part of the long-term solution to the REE supply problems. Afghanistan’s rich mineral resources, if exploited effectively, could prove to be the best substitutes for foreign aid and decrease the country’s dependence on foreign support. Afghanistan has long been a foreign aid-dependent country. There is one thing that can possibly shift Afghanistan’s unstable economy into a stable one and that is the proper exploitation of its mineral wealth. If robust policies coupled with a comprehensive, realistic and long-term strategic approach are not adopted, there is a significant possibility that the same cycle of conflict and civil war experienced elsewhere will emerge in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s rich mineral resources, if exploited effectively, could prove to be the best substitutes for foreign aid and decrease the country’s dependence on donor countries and foreign support. These resources, if properly managed, provide an opportunity for Afghanistan to write its own story of economic success. With the arrival of ISIS in Afghanistan, the country’s mining sector is now facing a renewed threat. Illegal mining is rampant throughout Afghanistan, with more than 2,000 such sites raising money for warlords and the insurgency. Without a coherent and immediate response, the vast mineral resources in Afghanistan not only represent a lost opportunity, but a threat to the national security and the country. Fortunately, Afghanistan’s current president Ashraf Ghani, a former World Bank economist, is well aware of the value of mineral resources and the danger they pose to the country. Shortly after assuming office, Ghani said that he will transform the Afghan economy through minerals. In all practicality, it will not be able to regain control of the thousands of illegally exploited mines in Afghanistan any time soon. Bringing necessary reform immediately to the mineral laws, laying down basic could serve as a stepping-stone for the future exploitation of the minerals. , which is in dire need for REEs, and Afghanistan, with lavish resources, turning the security partnership into a major strategic and economic partnership is a huge opportunity. Moreover, in brokering the deal with the Taliban, protection and extraction of this vital sector should be key component of the future course of Afghanistan’s national security strategy and economy. Ahmad Shah Katawazai is the member of the Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan and former Diplomat at the Afghan Embassy Washington D.
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Marines currently identified as having lost their lives in deadly attacks in Kabul and offer our prayers for those Americans and others still awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan. service members from attacks on Kabul International Airport, it is becoming clear that a U. withdrawal from Afghanistan won’t come without consequences. forces from Afghanistan only deepens China’s domination of the rare earth mineral market. domestic supply of critical rare earth minerals and the stranglehold that China generally has on the global supply of these minerals. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Afghanistan has up to 1. 4 million metric tons of rare earth minerals, including vast deposits of lithium. In one Afghanistan province alone, the USGS estimates that the lithium deposits are as large as those of Bolivia’s. Even before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, this emerging superpower supplied around 80% of all the rare earth minerals imported by the U. domestic supply of rare earth minerals, that percentage will, if anything, only increase in the near future. Why? Afghanistan and China may only share a 47-mile border, but the influence that China has already projected over its much smaller neighbor to its west is palpable; it’s clearly laying the groundwork to be the new Taliban-led government’s most prominent benefactor by developing Afghanistan’s vast reserves of rare earth and other valuable minerals. In 2016, the Taliban agreed to protect the development of the $3 billion Chinese-backed Mes Aynak Copper mine situated in Logan Province in one of its controlled areas just outside Kabul. And if any doubt remained about the strategic alliance being formed between the Communist giant and Islamic caliphate, in July, the Chinese and Taliban foreign ministers met in Tianjin, China, to discuss the Taliban’s role in the new Afghanistan government. After the meeting, the Chinese foreign ministry acknowledged that the Taliban would play “an important role in the process of peaceful reconciliation and of Afghanistan. departure from Afghanistan will only serve to increase China’s domination over the global rare earth mineral market. The Chinese have clearly established a relationship with the Taliban to develop Afghanistan’s mineral wealth in return for much-needed foreign income while the U. still lacks a viable domestic supply of rare earth minerals. exit from Afghanistan continues to unfold, policymakers should take note. Rare earth minerals like lithium will be an integral part of the new energy economy. must develop its own viable supply of these critical new energy economy minerals and seek strategic partnerships with other mineral-rich countries.
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Afghanistan is most notoriously recognized for its cultivation and production of illegal narcotics, recently galvanizing its position as the world’s number one producer of illicit opium and cannabis resin (hashish). Yet there exists an equally thriving shadow economy revolving around precious stones such as emeralds, lapis lazuli, and increasingly from minerals and ores such as chromite, coal, gold and iron. Department of Defense released its findings from a geological survey that confirmed Afghanistan’s untapped mineral reserves are worth an astounding $1 trillion. [2] Wahidullah Shahrani, the current Afghan minister for mines, claimed that other geological assessments and industry reports place Afghanistan’s mineral wealth at $3 trillion or more. [3] Past wars, contemporary conflict and the subsequent influx of international assistance, however, has forced all development and reconstruction efforts to unfold in a highly criminalized political and economic Afghanistan’s immature yet promising mining sector. This article examines the evolution of natural resource exploitation by various violent as local kachakbarari (smuggling) networks, corrupt powerbrokers, and insurgent groups such as the Taliban, the Haqqani network, and their Pakistani the period before and during Afghanistan’s contemporary conflict. Understanding this connection is important since state, criminal and insurgent elements on both sides of the border continue to reap profits from illegal excavations, protection rackets, informal taxation, and cross-border trafficking. This nexus is helping create new forms of state and private patronage systems as the realms of business, crime, conflict and corruption intersect in the already convoluted war economy of Afghanistan. Origins of Illegal Mining and Smuggling in Afghanistan The small-scale excavation and trafficking of precious stones and other mining commodities such as chromite, marble, and coal has long played a role in organized criminal activities and fundraising strategies for militant groups throughout the past four decades of conflict in Afghanistan. In general, the smuggling of contraband constitutes an enduring Afghan economic legacy: smuggling comprised as much as 20-25% of Afghanistan’s total foreign trade in the early 1970s. In contrast to smuggling, the development of Afghanistan’s exceedingly vast yet complex array of mineral reserves has been handicapped by its landlocked position, inefficient governance and corruption, lack of critical and modern infrastructure such as railways and highways, and its vulnerability to earthquakes, which hampers long-term geological extraction. Although the United Kingdom, United States, France, Sweden, Japan, and Russia have all engaged in resource exploration throughout Afghanistan since a British expedition first uncovered Afghan mineral wealth in 1815, these efforts largely failed except for the limited extraction of oil, natural gas, salt, coal, marble, and lapis lazuli precious stones. Following the Saur (April) Revolution of 1978, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan the following year led to the onset of a nationwide civil war, which engulfed Afghanistan from 1980 until the collapse of the Afghan regime in 1992. [6] Afghanistan’s litany of resistance forces, collectively known as mujahidin, soon developed a variety of state and private patronage sources, and engaged in multiple licit and illicit fundraising efforts to help bolster their war chests. The Contemporary Flow of Illicit Minerals The illegal acquisition and seizure of land, black market mining, and the trafficking of these resources surged following the collapse of the Taliban regime in November 2001. [12] Several of Afghanistan’s most contested and insurgent plagued areas—such as Khost, Ghazni, Logar, Paktia, and Baghlan provinces—also contain large mineral deposits and precious stone mines. [17] These connections have not been lost on security forces operating in eastern Afghanistan who face a multifaceted threat from local Taliban insurgents being supplied with deadly improvised explosive devices and suicide bombers from Hafiz Gul Bahadar and the Haqqani network, as well as the TTP. Bordering Khost is Zormat district of Paktia Province, another major hub in the trade of illicit minerals (and narcotics) in eastern Afghanistan. Situated between some of the largest chromite deposits in Afghanistan, namely the Deh Yak district of Ghazni Province and the Dadukhel desert of Logar, Zormat is a hotly contested district where locally operated smuggling syndicates—and linked to those in Khost—dictate the flow of illicit goods destined for larger markets outside the province and in neighboring Pakistan. Conclusion Amidst the headlines of several lucrative mining contracts signed between Afghanistan and multiple international mining firms from China and India, the proliferation of illegal excavations by violent entrepreneurs threatens and stunts the natural growth of Afghanistan’s burgeoning mining sector. In May 2011, Afghanistan’s parliament cited security shortcomings, infrastructure and technicality problems as the most serious obstacles in developing Afghanistan’s mining sector. As the internal revenue streams funding militant and criminal groups continue to change, armed groups will rely upon a diverse array of income generation that includes illegal mining, the smuggling of these minerals and other contraband, collecting illegal taxes, and offering protection for the trafficking of these illicit “conflict minerals. ” Given the examples of illegal mining in Khost, Logar, and Paktia, it is clear the predatory and parasitic exploitation of Afghanistan’s mineral reserves by opportunistic and violent entrepreneurs will continue to enhance the war chests of armed belligerents and fuel corruption for the foreseeable future. DuPée is an Afghanistan analyst for the U. [1] Afghanistan is ranked the world’s largest producer of illicit opiates, supplying approximately 90% of the illicit global demand for the past eight years in a row. The first UNODC Afghan Cannabis Survey published in 2010 confirmed suspicions that Afghanistan is now the world’s largest producer of cannabis resin, better known as hashish, accounting for approximately 1,500 to 3,500 metric tons of resin in 2009, and upwards of 3,700 metric tons in 2010. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan,” New York Times, June 13, 2010. Chornack, “Summaries of Important Areas for Mineral Investment and Production Opportunities of Nonfuel Minerals in Afghanistan,” U. , “Physical Resources and the Development of Afghanistan,” Studies in Comparative International Development 16:3-4 (1981). [6] The civil war continued through 1992 and into 1994, ushering in a new era of chaos, war, and destruction that prompted the rise of the Taliban movement in southern Afghanistan in 1994. By 1996, the Taliban controlled nearly 85% of Afghanistan’s territory, including the capital, Kabul. [7] Conrad Schetter, “The ‘Bazaar Economy’ of Afghanistan: A Comprehensive Approach,” in Christine Noelle-Karimi, Conrad Schetter and Reinhard Schlagintweit eds. , Afghanistan – A Country without a State? (Frankfurt: IKO Verlag, 2002). [10] Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun, Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes and the Man Who Makes War Possible (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley and Sons Press, 2007); Camelia “Northern Alliance Veteran Hopes Emeralds Are Key Part of Afghanistan’s Economic Recovery,” Eurasianet. Kabir Haqmal, “Precious Stones are Illegally Extracted in Afghanistan,” BBC Pashto, June 3, 2008. [22] “Tonnes of Chromite Daily Smuggled out of Afghanistan,” ToloNews, September 6, 2010;  “Logar Residents Rally Against Governor,” Daily Outlook Afghanistan, April 20, 2011; personal interview, Javed Noorani, an Afghan extractive industries analyst, January 7, 2012. [24] “Afghanistan Unable to Use Mines: Senate House,” ToloNews, May 31, 2011.
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Aug 19 (Reuters) - Returning to power in Afghanistan after a 20-year absence, the Taliban have regained control of natural resources that a former mines minister of the country be worth up to $3 trillion. Afghanistan is rich in resources like copper, gold, oil, natural gas, uranium, bauxite, coal, iron ore, rare earths, lithium, chromium, lead, zinc, gemstones, talc, sulphur, travertine, gypsum and marble. Below is a breakdown of some of Afghanistan's key resources, as estimated by the country's mining ministry and the U. A 2019 report by Afghanistan's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum put the country's copper resource at almost 30 million tonnes. OTHER METALS The 2019 report also said Afghanistan had more than 2. S Department of Defense memo in 2010 reportedly described Afghanistan as "the Saudi Arabia of lithium," meaning it could be as crucial for global supply of the battery metal as the Middle Eastern country is for crude oil. Geological Survey notes Afghanistan has deposits of spodumene, a mineral, but does not provide tonnage estimates, while the 2019 Afghan report makes no mention of lithium at all. The 2019 mines ministry report does, however, say Afghanistan holds 1. 4 million tonnes of rare earth minerals, a group of 17 elements prized for their applications in consumer electronics, as well as in military equipment. With Iran and Turkmenistan to its west, Afghanistan harbours around 1. Afghanistan has historically been a major source of lapis lazuli, a deep blue, semi-precious stone that has been mined in the country's northern Badakhshan province for thousands of years, as well as other gemstones such as rubies and emeralds. The finest grades of lapis lazuli can fetch up to $150 per carat, according to the 2019 Afghan report, which notes, however, that the majority of gemstones mined in the country leave the country illegally, mostly to Peshawar in Pakistan, denying Afghanistan vital revenue.
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