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Mineral Exploitation Latest Excuse For U.S. To Stay In Afghanistan
reason.com
The Afghan war is approaching its 17th year with no end in sight. Now The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is looking into a new reason to stay in Afghanistan: the exploitation of the country's mineral resources.
Last month President Donald Trump authorized the Pentagon to increase troop levels in Afghanistan...
In 2010, U.S. officials estimated the value of Afghanistan's unexploited mineral deposits at $1 trillion...
When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as a response to the September 11 terrorist attacks attributed to Al-Qaeda, based at the time in Afghanistan, the country was virtually the only terrorist safe haven in the world. After 16 years of the war on terror, such safe havens have proliferated. Continuing the same policy of endless war will only lead to more of the same.
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