U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com PriusChatters might have more interest in the part about Lithium (and impact on battery production).
Afghanistan has quite sizable mineral deposits. Whether the people of that country will be allowed to extract and profit off those rich deposits, or continue to be expected to lead a Middle Ages existence (School girls are still being poisoned by the Taliban) is anybodies guess
Perhaps we can get BP to do the extraction. That way we get the minerals and the school girls get poisoned directly, without having to depend on the Taliban. Tom
Oh Goody, an additional way we can be dependent upon the Middle East for energy and another way for the terrorist to acquire the funds needed for their Jihad.