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“This will become the backbone of the Afghan economy.” JALIL JUMRIANY, an adviser to the Afghan minister of mines, after the U.S. announced that it has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan.
Monday, Jun. 14, 2010

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  • JALIL JUMRIANY,
  • an adviser to the Afghan Minister of Mines, after the U.S. announced that it had discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves
Photo: Musadeq Sadeq / AP | Source: New York Times