Taliban Minister Says Mineral-Rich Afghanistan Open to US Investments
Muttaqi said Afghanistan has about $1 trillion in mineral resources and more than $7 billion in mining deals since 2021.
- Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi invited American companies to invest in Afghanistan's mining and infrastructure, proposing commercial cooperation replace two decades of military conflict in an interview with the Financial Times.
- The Taliban claims Afghanistan possesses approximately $1 trillion in untapped minerals, having concluded more than $7 billion in mining agreements since 2021, though the figure represents estimated resources rather than commercial valuation.
- Unlike Afghan deposits, Congo offers operating mines and recently signed a framework giving American investors first access to marketed minerals, targeting substantial use of the Sakania-Lobito transport corridor.
- Security risks, sanctions, and the absence of international recognition complicate Afghan investment; the Taliban also demands approximately $9.5 billion in frozen assets, while Western governments remain concerned about women's rights restrictions.
- Trump has shown interest in recovering access to Bagram air base, though the American government has not announced plans to invest in Afghan mining, as Washington prioritizes reducing dependence on China through Congo's established mining industry.
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs tells the Financial Times that the US's lead to investment is open, in exchange for the end of sanctions, to the release of frozen funds abroad. It is estimated to be a thousand billion dollars of resources in the subsoil of Afghanistan
Afghanistan provides the United States with access to mineral resources, in an initiative close to the Trump administration, in the context of the de facto Taliban government calling for the lifting of sanctions and the release of frozen assets to support one of the poorest countries in the world, says Financial Times.
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The Independent (US)Taliban minister says mineral-rich Afghanistan open to US investments
Relations between Afghanistan and US should not be assessed through the lens of the past 20 years of war, but rather on the basis of future co-operation, says Taliban minister
Taliban pitches Trump a $1 trillion mineral prize as Congo gives US investors first rights to strategic mines
Afghanistan’s Taliban government is courting Donald Trump with access to an estimated $1 trillion in minerals, introducing another potential source of strategic metals as the United States attempts to secure priority rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Taliban regime aims to rebuild relations with Washington by opening up Afghanistan's mineral resources, estimated to be worth trillions of dollars, to American companies.
Afghanistan has offered the United States access to mineral resources in an attempt to achieve the lifting of sanctions and the unfreezing of assets, the Financial Times writes
Afghanistan has offered the United States access to mineral resources in an attempt to achieve the lifting of sanctions and the unfreezing of assets, the Financial Times writes.According to FT, geological studies indicate that Afghanistan has at least...
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