We need to wait for a real mining company to come in and buy up all the good land. Then our speccy can buy the bargain, adjacent land that's 500km from a road, in a minefield and occupied by ISIS.

This might end poorly for the Taliban 😬

Do they still hate white people ?

They are gonna start hating Asians soon if they start dealing with China

Bullish on copper and lead, refills for your AK47 anyone?

If I was India, I'd be arming Ladakh to the teeth.

Anyone know the best trading platform for the Afghani Stock Exchange (AfSX)? DM me. Keen to add some camel stonk to the dogs in my PF for diversification. Not fin advice. YMMV.

Since the Taliban aren't big on education, health or civil rights, I am curious about what they intend to spend this magical money on. I bet it's not on the local populace though. Perhaps more weapons to further cement their regime? Weapons that are probably bought from the Chinese.

Good luck mining in that car crash of a country... People think Africa is bad

Africa is bad - hasn’t stopped the Bets degens talking a cheeky punt! (And them complaining in the daily when they get absolutely pantsed)

Absolutely Haram

Rumour is they have a lot of lithium which the Chinese are interested in exploring. Partly the reason the US didn't want to leave Afghanistan.

China has a long history of exploiting poor countries. They learned from the British. I highly doubt they'll have any more success though, giving that country hates foreigners more then the republican party hates poor people.

Update: looks like the Chinese are giving it a red hot crack! Bloomberg: [China’s Belt and Road to Enter Afghanistan in Taliban’s Victory](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-07/china-s-belt-and-road-to-enter-afghanistan-in-taliban-s-victory?cmpid=BBD050723_OAS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=230507&utm_campaign=openasia)

Afganistan is literally one of the biggest dark horses in the lithium and rare earths industry. If these companies end up listing I will actually consider jumping on a few