In the twenty years of the puppet republic’s administration and even before that, when this land was under the grip of devastating internal wars of the warlords, Afghanistan’s mines were used as tools against the Afghan nation, turning these divine blessings into heavenly calamities.
During the civil wars, although the mines of Afghanistan were minimally exploited, these notorious leaders utilized their extraction as fuel for their wars, and the continuation of their devastating battles heavily depended on the extraction of these mines.
The Panjshir Valley, rich in emerald mines, was under the shadow of Ahmad Shah Massoud and his criminal gang and Massoud and his followers used the sale of emeralds as a means to fund their war against their opponents.
The mines of Jowzjan and Faryab in northern Afghanistan were under the control of Abdul Rashid Dostum, who directly used these mines to strengthen his military and political power.
Ismail Khan seized the marble mines and other natural resources in Herat and western Afghanistan, using them to finance his forces and prepare them to keep the devastating internal wars ongoing.
After the occupation of Afghanistan by the United States and the establishment of the puppet republican regime, the future of Afghanistan’s mines fell into the hands of the Americans and faced unprecedented theft.
At that time, although the Ministry of Mines existed symbolically and had an organization with astronomical salaries, in reality, the Western puppet politicians had no control over Afghanistan’s mines and without their masters’ permission, could not even place a single inch of the mines.
This bitter truth, although denied by the hired domestic media, was reported differently by the German radio “WDR2” in a short news segment.
The radio said: “The American army has discovered a large lithium mine in Afghanistan; not only is lithium used for the most precise applications in computer systems, but the use of this metal in weaponry will bring about a significant transformation, akin to a major shift in weaponry.”
Interestingly, this news segment was not repeated, and no news agency in the world reported so transparently on the three aforementioned points: 1. Application in computer systems 2. Application in military weapon production 3. Discovery by the U.S. Army.
The third point, which is the military acquisition of this mine and the announcement of this discovery by an American general, was estimated by news agencies to be worth over one trillion dollars.
It should be noted that the mentioned radio added at the end of this news that if a small portion of the revenue from this mine is spent on Afghanistan’s affairs, the country will become one of the most advanced in the region.
Stephen Ledman, an American researcher, also wrote in an article titled “America and the Plunder of Afghanistan’s Rich Mines” that America’s endless invasion of Afghanistan is not related to the fight against terrorism at all. Rather, the goals of America’s presence in Afghanistan include controlling the country, using it to extend gas and oil pipelines, encircling China and Russia through military bases and plundering Afghanistan’s rich mineral resources, which are likely worth trillions of dollars.
This plundering of mines and their uncertain fate by the occupiers and their mercenaries continued until the last days of the Republic and their profits benefited everyone except the suffering people of Afghanistan.
Since the establishment of the caretaker government and the withdrawal of the occupiers and their agents from Afghanistan’s mines, an exceptional opportunity has arisen to utilize Afghanistan’s mines and natural resources as needed to serve national interests and truly become a source of good for the Afghans.
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