[epithermal]

The Chinese are already profiting from our war dead: China's thirst for copper could hold key to Afghanistan's future

[gandalftb]

"When we have a little security here, this will be a paradise to come and mine," he said. "We are near the markets. Those markets are China and India. The transportation is not difficult. The difficulty is that everyone says, 'We must have security and then we will invest.'"

Thanks for the link, sure puts the cards on the table. Their ore, our blood, where's the Chinese Army at? Let them pacify the area.

The new Tajik railroad to Mazar-i-Sharif and the new power lines to Kabul that India built and owns......we provided all the security, their profits, our blood.