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China Breaks Ground On Massive Afghan Copper Mine After 16 Years Of Delays
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi July 25, 2024 Chinese engineers and the Taliban government officially started work on a massive project in Afghanistan to mine the world’s second-largest deposit of copper. At the July 24 event at Mes Aynak, some 40 kilometers southeast of the capital, Kabul, Taliban officials along with Chinese businessmen and diplomats carried out