Mineral wealth can bring great prosperity to Afghanistan, argues senior program associate Michael Kugelman in a Washington Post video clip. In a new Foreign Policy piece, he ranks mineral wealth as one of Afghanistan's four most important concerns.
The estimated value of Afghanistan's mineral reserves--$3 trillion, according to senior program associate Michael Kugelman in this Washington Post video interview--far exceeds the country's current GDP of $20 billion.
In a January 9 Foreign Policy article, Kugelman identifies Afghanistan's five most important questions--and minerals are on the list.
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