Afghanistan sits on $3 trillion in minerals
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Afghanistan's mountains obstruct stability and prosperity. Conflict and tribalism has shaken the state to its core. Now, those same mountains may hold the answer to its misfortune.
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Ash hadu an la illaha il Allah wa ash hadu an mohammad rasool Allah.
If you just read that, congratulations. You just converted to Islam 😎
Pog
@@mucheq5386 ldu
@Arup Ratan Mitra yes, Alhamdulillah
Afganistan will never achieve progress. As long as US is there to occupy the minerals...
If the Congo is anything to go by, then this will bring nothing but further trouble for us Afghans.
There are two options for afghanistan‘s future. Either it will become a new regional powerhouse or the next battlefield for the worlds superpowers...
@@morrisse0_088 their only option is getting iraqed
@@ym6294 yes, strong central government is what’s needed. Many people think Afghanistan was always at war and is always destined to be, That’s just not the case. They had peace until the 1970s and avoided two world wars. Not many countries can say that. Afghanistan just needs to keep foreign interference out and it will be ok.
@@morrisse0_088 the latter is more probable
Inshallah, one day Afghanistan will prosper.
"The wealthy and powerful nations of the world are built because of gold mines, but they are built rarely, on top of them" Brilliant line!
It was already so 2000 years ago : Romans conquered Gaul to get their gold...
@@pierrekilgoretrout3143 the Romans conquered Gaul because it had huge fertile lands compared to Italy and because Gauls were the Romans' most bitter enemies. Caesar saw the opportunity to both become a legend and deal with them once and for all.
Spain instead was conquered to take away silver mines from Carthage.
It's Caspian Report, what do you expect? That he doesn't make memorable quotes?
Seriously, why isn't he featured in those quotes from when players die in Call of Duty? Or is he featured? I don't play video-games, so I don't know.
**California has entered the chat**
@@pierrekilgoretrout3143 Also Dacia
Trillions of dollars of strategic minerals...if that doesn't keep Afganistan knee deep in blood for another century I don't know what will.
Islamist fundamentalism perhaps?
@@hmq9052 That too and tribalism of course. No way this country has any sort of future.
@PuntMan Right. But it exists now. And this is about the future.
It's a truism that countries with many resources are poorer while those without aren't. A great example is the Netherlands which just had its election. There's a great analysis of the factors behind the Dutch election: ruclips.net/p/PLRE6vgY7NmNFHRj0DwgGj-w0QKYK9s2Mb
@@drunkensailor3736 Joseph Stalin said: "It's not the people who vote that count, it's the people who count the votes." If there were strong deviations from the polls and for instance the globalist parties had unexpected gains than it's probably a good idea to have a look at the voting computers.
Makes sense how Russia and China are the only fully operational embassies still present in Kabul today.
@Soyland we should have stolen it, for our troubles, but we didn't. We had no intention to either.
@Soyland you history much? You should look up Russia and Afghanistan.
@@damiensoubassis2738 you did stole resources, in Cuba, the phillipine and puerto rico many moon age.
Although you didn't fully manage to steal it all in Afghanistan, it were really worth it to kill of an entire generation of young people just so some millionaire mining owner can live above the cloud.
@Soyland not defending americas warmongering, but Russia was in Afghanistan for ten years trying to take it over. Maybe learn history.
@Soyland again he is highlighting the irony of your original comment, the USSR tried to "steal" the country way before America tried to, so I would not try and stick up for either side.
*CaspianReport: Minerals exploitation is the only appealing thing about Afganistan.*
*Heroin: Am I a joke to you?!!*
yes
Muy cierto, la siembra de amapola incrementó con la llegada de los drogadictos invasores de Estados Unidos.
Fresh waters: Am I a joke to you?
Damn terrorists, but they could make medicine from it.
Afghan hash ( Cannabis ): Am I a joke to you?! Lol
"The wealthy and powerful nations of the world are built because of gold mines, but they are rarely built on top of them."
What an accurate historical axiom.
Except it's nonsense. Great Britain built it's wealth and power by establishing a global trade network, any developing technologies to increase and extend that, not 'goldmines'. Along with France, Italy, Netherlands, USA, Japan, Korea, etc, etc... all basically followed that model, one that was already centuries old!
The only country who you could make a case that did it as is described in that nonsense quote, is Spain, whose wealth was literally built on foreign 'goldmines'.
"Great Britain built it's wealth and power by establishing a global trade network, any developing technologies to increase"
You mean by colonialism and robbing and looting other poorer developing countries.
@@sunnyjim1355 Most of the countries on your list are not that bad, but you seem extremely ill-informed about France. The French enslaved, massacred and stole their way into wealth. The worst colonies were those under the French and Spanish.
@@sunnyjim1355 God you really aren't the brightest bulb are you?
It's a fucking figure of speech and doesn't have to necessarily refer to actual gold mines.
Britain was literally built off the backs of India and Africa.
"Established trade" is a nice bunch of words to describe Colonial mercantilism which involves the deindustrialisation and collapsing of local markets and production of one region to reroute resources and profits to another.
@@sunnyjim1355 Opium Trade Network
As an Afghan this made me even more depressed for my country.
@Krishnkant Singh India's federalism is really flawed though
@Krishnkant Singh we tried dictatorship. But the west armed those talibs and mudjahis. The pumped billion to them. The only escape is to be take in to acounts of all players and make a peace with neighbours. But our neighbours especialy Pakistan does not want that.
@Krishnkant Singh maybe try Malaysian version of federalism?
democracy+monarch+state government
There is a nation in the middle of the continent, surounded by greater powers, mountainous, devoid of recourses, ethnically, religiously and linguistically diverse, known as the graveyard of empires. No it's not Afghanistan, but Switzerland, one of the best places to live in the entire world. Strange how different those two nations ended up to be :(
@Krishnkant Singh tru
Watching this video as the US pulls out of Afghanistan: "Ah, shit. Here we go again."
You may understand the interest behind the taliban..
so Kabul no longer has a say... it's now the Talban in charge and the minerals will go to the highest bidder in money, weapons, and economic support... they need power and water to become industrially viable... who's going to build them nuclear power plants? China or the U.S.?... and how do they get them water for mining operations? how do they build a complete railroad industry to transport minerals, resources, and products to a seaport?....
@@williamghost1516 Russia and china. Although ppl would be mad like afghans cant do whatever they want when majority chose talibans anyway
Realization that the elected Kabul government was wasting and stealing the aid money, so swap with a stable government you can hope you can do business with. Realpolitk making of backing petty tyrants making a comeback.
Lol it’s there shit let them sale it to the highest bidder
Afghanistan: **has trillions worth of resources**
United States **Freedom intensifies**
Democracy will be brought to you..
@@ztbrtivbln899 By the usa
They lost the war for resources ten years ago.
Edit: I mean the war for freedom
Russia is moving in.
well the USA has been around for 2 decades. and it's impossible for Afghanistan to have a functioning democracy
Wealthy and powerful nations are built because of goldmines but they are rarely built on top of them.
What a quote.
Thanks CaspianReport for this great video.
@@radattk3145 lmao
@@radattk3145 That's what said in this comment, i think. Having resources don't necessarily make you rich and successful.
@@mohd.farhanisraksoumik3961 betul betul betul
Not.only do you need the resources you need to extract it and you need to move it. Afghanistan is landlocked and is one of the most remote countries in the world. I heard the US built a decent road system but it was falling apart because of poor maintenance. There is land on the west that could yield minerals but the land has more long term value being used in a different way.
if you noticed, recently, his final quotes for each of his topics are near perfection
China will make an offer to the Taliban to mine there, I believe.
This video aged well :-)
@@switzerland indeed
@@switzerland
Well in bad shape 🤔
Infrastructure for resources, same deal as in Africa, win-win.
To those who died serving their nations it was all for economic reasons nothing humanitarian, 🤷🏾♂️👈🏾
"$3 trillion in minerals"
Cut to Hank Schrader rising from his grave
It's not a blue stone it's a blue mineral
@@osamabinlackin1556 u missed the point
I don’t get it
Jesus Christ Marie.. they are minerals!
@@Xaviergonzalez85 Don't think they did
To quote an unknown American prospector, "There's gold in them there hills!".
Oh he has a name and it’s Gus Chiggins.
😀
It was actually never said. It was a mistaken statement by the assayer at the Dahlonega US Mint trying to persuade miners not to go to California. He said something like, "stick with what you know." That got into newspapers as "thars gold in them thar heels." Something tells me that was the miners translation given by the journalists source...
I think his name was George Bush?
@@lomiification nah, he said, "theres rare earth in them thar hills....I mean usama is up there somehwar"
Ironically Afghanistan’s minerals have shaped world history before - the main sources for tin (for bronze) and lapis lazuli in the Bronze Age were there, and minerals from the Hindu Kush are found in Egypt and Mesopotamia
So afganistan is tinland?
@@morielfilm *I think we finally found the answer now*
Indus valley civilization mined lapis lazuli in Afghanistan and traded with Mesopotamia and Egypt
Don't worry we will make it islamkush mountain soon
@@hbp437 we crush satanic dharam Sanatan 😂 like we did to zionazists
Afghanistan: *I'm in danger!*
😂
Ffs😂
Congo: "First time?"
Hey Napoleon shouldn't you be beating up Austrians?
😆😆😆
Afghanistan will never be anything till it’s people see themselves as a country instead of warring tribes.
Profound
but why would they, they are warring tribes brought together suddenly by lines drawn from far away
If Russia couldn't win and we couldn't, no one can!
@@marvinmartion1178 I agree, especially when the US trained the rebels how to fight the Russians. Then they probably used the same tactics on the Us.
I was then in 2006 and 07. My impression is that they just want to be left alone. They have lived like they do for 1000's of years. Dont matter if it was the english, yanks, russians, indians, pakistani, or alexander the great. If outsiders came to impose them a different way of life, they would fight them tooth and nail till the end.
If US gets to extract resources, then China would make Pakistan escalate conflict and another war would start. If China gets to extract resources, then US would do US stuff. Those resources are really important and it's not about 3 trillion USD, but rather significance in the world trade itself
THANK YOU! it was rather frustrating to see "then the US will mess them up omagahddd" NO people NO whoever got money will mess them up as AFGHANISTAN could mess up world mineral supply
The US military is in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Actually, Pakistan is even a MNNA.
This video low-quality research. Rare earth is not rare. The US got plenty of rare earth deposits too. It is rare because it is expensive and very polluting to refine. China specialize in rare earth refining because they are willing to accept the pollution. Even if US can mine rare earth in Afghanistan, they will need to refine it in China because no way liberals will allow it to be refine in US.
@@animewatch4213 True, same goes for Vietnam, Brazil and Australia.
@@tritium1998 US military isn't in pakistan anymore
"...but it was then delayed due to archaeological discoveries."
*the humanities strike back*
glencore and areva shareholder value is more important than history!!1111!1! I am a smart stemsperglord
@@xx-xk9uz Cope
Does anyone know what these were?!
And you believe that?
In my country every time they make a metro line they go through half a dozen archaeological discoveries.
Afghanistan sits on $3 Trillion of minerals
America: freedom for Afghanistan
Yes
Afghanistan to USA
Another episode of 9/11
Lmao, I think you mean China.
China will give Afghanistan bribe money to take their minerals, just like in Africa
@@michaelscott5653 no i mean usa
@@michaelscott5653 by bribe money you mean purchasing. The normal thing to do in the world except the US. They just took what they want and pillage other countries.
Who’s here after Kabul was overrun by the Taliban?
Now Afghanistan needs a lot of FREEDOM more than ever.
Thanks Caspian Report.
Don't forget DEMOCRACY too
@@carlrodalegrado4104 screw democracy a dictatorship Afghanistan will be far more stronger and United then the fragile democracy that Iraq is today.
@@ahmadrahman456 well democracy allows usa to cycle out any politician peacefully if he fails to live up to his obligations to the usa
@@Sparticulous but corruption happens. China’s socialist meritocracy is far bette at cycling out corrupt or ineffective leaders.
@@Sparticulous different society, different system. Democracy is not 'THE SYSTEM' that ensure stability and prosperity. Weak democracy can easily be manipulated by corrupt people, while autocracy depended whether the leader is competent or not.
Look at modern day China, they adopted communism in their inception, then slowly introducing capitalism into their market. Sure they not democracy, but it ensure their society to prosper.
Democracy cannot just be slap into people face and told to work with it. Instead, society need to developed on their own pace, then you can introduce democracy if you wanted.
Under Khrushev the Soviets built roads, dams, power plants. Zahir Shah responded thankfully, "how will we ever repay you for this help?" Mr. K's envoys replied, "you'll pay later...."
America doesn't like or approve of
Successful Socialist Nations
It had to go
Americans Afghanistan a
Opium Supplier to feed the Oxycontin Nation
@@jamesmurphy2828 Name one that's ever been successful that was 100% socialist.
@@EpochUnlocked Lets be honest here, every socialist state had to keep fighting for its very existence. They were never given the chance to compete in a level playing field. The soviet union in its infancy was attacked by the capitalist nations in an attempt to destroy the Soviet union. The USSR after 1945 had to face 45 years of hostility, sanctions and embargoes. If communism was destined to fail, then why did the US feel the need to build the world's largest economic and military alliance to contain it ?
Deep inside, all of us know that the elite(businessmen, politicians, lobbyists, industrialists etc) have a vested interest in keeping the idea of socialism dead as it threatens the status quo and their grip on power.
@@EpochUnlocked
Exact same can be said of a nation that's 100% capitalist. Never worked
@@KillerofWestoids For one, capitalism relies upon the nature of mankind while socialism cages it.
Secondly, bureaucracy is just another flavor of socialism that allows those same elites to retain power in a capitalist society. Thus corrupting the darwinistic nature of capitalism.
I was fortunate enough to visit Afghanistan and meet its people. but unfortunately it was during a time of war. I wish I could have been there under different circumstances. god bless everyone
welcom anytime
During the war, I offered some Afghans some chocolate bars I was carrying in my pocket and casually asked any anything equal in return, I am now the biggest landowner in Mirabkhvoran.
Are you proud of what you contributed to as a soldier? I honestly cant imagine how you could be. May Allah forgive us and guide us all.
@@dongster529 waht where you doing there?
@@oneing4206 he never said that he was a soldier. and even if he was, you realized that afrghanistan was threatened by terrorists right?
"Geo politics are dynamic , things in Afghanistan are about to change for better or worse ".....
@@jnimitzch4738 It's a good thing. Always when the US is losing (what happens very often lately) it is a plus. We'll see the end of the worst country the last 70 years with (almost) constant warfare and interfering with 81* democratically held elections in the period 1946 - 2000 (* according to Dov Levin, a professor at the Carnegie Mellon University).
I think for better
@@dirkgonthier101 I completely disagree, America may have been a net negative on the world in the last 70 years, but I would easily take it over Russia or China ANY day of the week, at the very least it's democratic and its people can hold it accountable.
@@abdmzn Well, America isn't democratic. Since Citizens United, it's an olichargy where special intrests have everything to say in regard of legislation and the people have nothing to say. At least, that tell us Benjamin Page (professor at Northwestern University) and Martin Gilens (professor at Pricetown university) after a very ellaborate study. I believe two university professors who did an eleborate study over the subject (they looked at each bill, during the last 40 years) any day before I believe you. The highly corrupt politicians of the USA, who are depeded of millions of sponsors, can't do anything except supporting the policies big business want. So, you may call the USA 'democratic' if you want to, I call it 'undemocratic' (the same words that Benjamin Page and Martin Gilens used).
For the rest, the US doesn't have a net negative on the rest of the world, it's only a force of utter negativity on the world. China is without any doubt less violent than the USA (and that's a plus, according to me). Since 70 years ago, the USA can count the years when their military wasn't active abroad in a war on one hand. You had the Korean war (to keep it simple: '50 - '53), the Vietnam War (with the killing of 600.000 Cambodians, a country the USA didn't even declare war on (it just bombed the hell out of it), '55 - '73), the first Gulf-War ('90 - '91), the invasion of Afghanistan (2001 - still going on), the illegal occupation of Iraq (2003 - still going on). And, besides that, you have the 'little wars' of the USA (Grenada '83, Panama '86, Somali '93 and some other military conflicts). Besides that, you have the works of the CIA which overthrew democratically elected governments all over the world to replace them with US-friendly dictators: Greece, Argentina, Brazil, Costa-Rica, Cuba (the bay of pigs + operation Mongoose), Paraquay, Venezuela, Nicaraqua, Chile, Guatemala, Panama, Dominican Republic (operation Power Pack), Egypt (project FF), Iran, Indonesia, Lebanon (operation Blue Bat), Guyana, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan (Al Quada), El Salvador, Haiti and so on. Dov Levin (professor at the Carnegie Mellon University) calculated that the US intervened in 81 foreign elections in the period of 1946 - 2000. In general, the USA didn't achieve the goals they intended, but it's very hard to maintain the image of 'leader of the free world' when 81 nations felt how 'free' they were to choose their own path. The difficulty of today for the USA is: how do we convince other nations (even allies) of our good intensions (and spying on political leaders like Merkel don't help to resolve these questions).
You can say about China what you want, but that country hasn't got such a bloody tradition. And Trump just made things far worse. By retreating the USA out of many international treaties (which were all signed and sealed by the USA-government) the trustworthiness of the USA internationally has dropped to below zero. This has led to the EU taking its precautions, so we're able to go further, even if the USA stops with being our ally (the EU headquarter of its armies (for years blocked by the UK on behalf of the USA?), massively investing in new weapons systems so we would never again depend on weapons of the USA, the French-German cooperation to build the next jet-fighter (so no more billion dollar deals for Lockheed), INSTEX, the installation of the joint EU-China investment bank to counter the dominance of the world bank). These decisions were taken during the Trump-years (you see how much it pays to bully your allies) and they can't be undone, I'm sorry to say. Biden knows this too and we're mending relations but as it was before Trump, it will never be again.
The USA has a debt that is much larger than China. The debt of the USA is more than 20.70 trillion or 99,3% of its GDP. Last year the USA had a budget shortage of 107.60 of its GDP. Now Biden is going to invest a lot of money (more than 1 trillion) on infrastructure, I don't see the debt-rate of the USA shrinking in the forseeable futur. What's worse, the USA has the largest foreign debt in the world. This is a tremendous burden on the foreign policy of the USA. It only has debts. Where China has money for foreign countries to spend in their belt and road initiative, the USA has no money. So, different EU-countries are inscribed in the belt and road initiative (Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Hungary) and lately also Norway (a counry that is linked to all the EU rules and pays yearly tribute to the EU in exchange for acces of the Single Market). China has a debt of 45% of its GDP (7 trillion dollar). You can google all of this.
Another 'smart' thing that Trump did, was to pull back out of the TTP. Where the US could have been the pivotal point of trade in the far-east, Trump gave that away, so now China is the main-player in a free-trade zone which controls 1/3 of global trade and a lot of the world's population (including Australia and New Zealand). Well, China doesn't invade their neighboring countries (not like the USA does, at least, the USA doesn't invade its neighboring countries, but practically every other country (at least, if you count the operations of the CIA as wars)). And China isn't a country that is bound to do so. The last 70 years, China was only active in three wars (Tibet, North-Korea and Vietnam (all during the cold war)). The USA was much more active.
You can say that Chinese don't repect the Human Rights, but I ask you to what degree is letting people die just because they can't afford health insurance in accordance with the Human Rights? Having the biggest imprisoned population in the world (to tell the truth, it's 25% of the people that are in prison in the world and most of them are blacks)? Still killing people in prison (death-sentence)? Letting fire-arms run rampant, leading to many mass killing or school massacres? Having the biggest income inequality in the developped world? Making sure that the bottom 50% of the population really looses income in the last 40 years? Having a complete corrupted political system, which leads to an olichargy who takes all decisions while the actual population has nothing to say? Building a society which is, even today, based on systemic racism? Busting unions? To what degree are such thigs in accordance with Human Rights (and I don't even mention what the USA has done in its foreign policies (which was far from in accordance with Human Rights))?
I don't think that positive about the 'checks and balances' of the political system of the USA. First, it has led (certainly since the supreme court ruled on Citizens United) to an utter corrupt system where what the population thinks, doesn't even matter (not that democratic). Secondly, the way your states with a very low population number (all republican) can block anything that the vast majority of the USA thinks in the senat, I call crazy. It certainly isn't democratic. I don't like gerrymandering, that's just a way to falsify the elections. I don't like any of the GOP voter suppression laws. Because, they're also a way to falsify elections. In Belgium, for instance, it's obligated to vote, so on each and every election we have 90% or 95% of the people who are eligable to vote actually voting. According to me, that's a lot more democratic and inclusive than the American way (where politicians try to deter as many people as they can to vote (at least, minority groups, like black Americans)). In the EU, we hold elections on Sunday, so everyone gets the opportunity to vote (and in Belgium, we have to wait max 30 minutes before we can vote). In the EU, we vote on different parties so we have a bigger choice to choose from than the USA. We make coalition governments to prevent that any party can do as it pleases. This is very effective against extreme right parties; even if they manage to be in the government, they can't do what they like. While in the USA Trump (also an extreme right president) can do as he pleases (within the borders of the constitution and different laws, but these things are identical in the EU). If you take student-debt, the bankruptcy of families who can't afford to pay their medical bills (and thus loose everything they have) and the incredible number of religious nut-cases, I really don't see the upside of being an USA-citizen. In general, I don't like what the USA has to offer at all and will do anything to prevent that our country is that crazy to copy even one policy of the USA (but that will never happen, you can rest assured).
@@dirkgonthier101 Holy shit that's an article you wrote.
Okay well first of all, Citizens united did not do what you think it did, I'm sure you didn't read it, but you are right about rich people influencing US politics, but influence != control, they're not even close to having nearly as much power as the people, the US is indeed a flawed democracy, but it's not undemocratic.
You can mention all the wars of the US but that doesn't mean much in this context, had China been a super power it would've been 10 times more brutal than the US.
No they do not "let you die" if you don't have money to pay for medical treatment in the US, you just go into debt, and yes systemic racism is rampant in the US and many people are in prison, but China is literally genociding a whole fucking race of people, that shit wouldn't fly in the US, there are a lot of people that speak out against systemic racism in the US, good luck with that shit in China. For income, China has one of the cheapest labor in the world, so I wouldn't even call that a contest.
And about Trump, no disagreement here.
You’re killing it with these videos. No bias, just reporting on vital issues in a clear and concise way
Except about his viewpoints on Jews in US.
I wouldn't say that he doesn't have a bias, it's just that he is from Azerbaijan. Meaning his bias is just so far removed from the typical U.S. Republican Conservative vs Democrat liberal narrative that it seems unbiased.
Such a fascinating country and people..
I wish Afghanistan progress, peace and prosperity.
Thanks dear 💝
Non of the supporter of nato never wants peace in afghanistan,,stop deceiving us
Who told you we want (atheistic, nudity promoting) progress and (corruption ridden, materialistic, ruthlessly capitalististic) prosperity at the cost of Islam? No matter how much these freemasonic elites (of Ur-lodges) persecute us, or demonise us throughout the world using their global media, we Muslims will never ever submit to new world order.
@@smokiebad thank god for that.
@@alkalam9407 stop deceiving us. The Taliban never wants peace because once Afghan citizens become rich, they'll start fighting back against their Taliban masters and will start to become more "westernized" in their values. The taliban does not want women to have equal rights, they don't want LGBT to love and live, and don't want to abolish Sharia law, because they want the Afghan citizens to live in accordance to their god. They think that once Afghanistan becomes rich, they'll turn into the United States, a once ultraconservative country founded by puritans, to a wild and liberated culture, and the influences of puritans being rejected and demonized.
I was there in 2009...this video blows my mind. Especially seeing the Hindu Kush again. If there is ever peace in Afghanistan, they would make billions on tourism alone. Those mountains are so beautiful
there wont be peace bc afghanistan isnt a natural country right? its too tribal
@@austinlancaster7982 more than likely
@@austinlancaster7982 There is no natural country .All countries are made of different tribes.
@@modricaninmodricki7559 well bottom line is they cant stop killing each other long enough to build a damn road over there.
@@austinlancaster7982 that is the lie you westerns believe and want to tell the world. From africa to Asia most countries had their troubles and peace while being kingdoms or sultanates, but colonial powers devided and made war internal even in Korea, Afghans can live in peace if foreign countries leave them alone, tribal or not wars happen every few decades and Christian Europe is best example.
Afghanistan produces scientists and knowledge at the golden age of Islam while having same tribes. Leave them alone
Fun fact: Afghanistan borders Xinjiang
Well, a lot of huge mountains lie in between.
Fun fact even india border xianjing Border of Himalayan mountains that is easy to get in right
And people wonder why China claims there is a terrorism issue in Xinjiang and the multiple suicide bombings.
@@Meteorknite india has border with tibet...never in history india ever shared borders with China. kindly educate yourself
@@EILF7842 Tibet is part of China. Even India officially recognized that.
Superb ending: "The wealthy and powerful nations of the world are built because of gold mines, but they are rarely built on top of them." Well done.
Yes Indeed
Yes this is true and has been true throughout human history thou it of course doesn't have to be literary gold. Sitting on "gold" and not being able or willing to extract it means that someone else eventually will.
The biggest wealth of every nation is in its PEOPLE, their culture, values and morals. They are the driving force behind the country's prosperity or lack of it.
There are countries poor in natural resources and doing extremely well like the Netherlands, Switzerland, Israel, Ireland, Singapore.
There are countries who sit on top of gold mine and doing as well, like Canada, Australia, UAE, Quatar, even USA.
Then there are countries sitting on top of gold mine, who are doing extremely bad, like Venezuela, Congo, Afghanistan. Russia doing pretty bad job too.
It's all about the management of the resources. They could be nation's biggest blessing or the biggest curse.
Wow well said. You truly nailed it as well as my home country history. Perú
@@jirislavicek9954 You forgot China on the list of doing bad. A lot of people don't know they face some serious challenges ahead because of their one child policy. It's created a gap in gender, will reduce future spending as the majority age shifts to much older, casualties in war means a lot if you got just one kid etc. They face probable implosion in 20 yrs.
CaspianReport: Afghanistan sits on $3 Trillion of minerals
Meanwhile Congo: Yeah, good luck with that.
How many coups and civil wars have their been in the Congo since the Congo crisis? In the end it all comes down to the leaders of the Taliban and if they can think for the future.
Basically Afghanistan is only where it is at right now because others keep messing around with its affairs. It has been successfully ruled many times in the past. By the chagatai khanate, the Greek rulers after the death of Alexander, the sasinids and even the English. Afghanistan has a history going back thousands of years. And yes sure the Congo has its own history, but all of that was essentially rewritten after the scramble for africa
@@idealicfool no, the Br*Tish didn't get to rule Afghanistan for long, the Afghans managed to yeet the British time and time again and secure their country's independent from European colonialism
@@kucingcat8687 irrespective, there have been many over the thousands of years that have successfully ruled it as a whole. 1 faulty example out of the many relevant 1s, I could only think of a few at the time and went with those as being the most recognisable.
@@idealicfool I agree with the other Empires you mean, just correct you on the Br*tish one a little bitt
I used to be a prison guard, had an inmate who was an ex marine, claimed they found rubies and gold in Afghanistan along with opium frequently. At the time I thought maybe he was just trying to tell me a story about buried treasure, I guess in a way he was right
A lot of smoke and mirrors and half truths from Afghanistan. There more hidden there than we know
Wow
Theres apparently red headed giants standing over 10ft tall in afghanistan as well. Whether that's true or false we will never know but it is a mysterious land due to its geography.
Afghanistan is very... off. The high concentration of crystals and gemstones throughout the region results in high energy readings in certain areas that trigger anomalies. There’s been a lot of paranormal activity as a result, and in the mountains there’s the rumor of living Nephilim (Giants). That is why locals in those parts have bells.
@@NarasimhaDiyasena I should be taking this bait, but I'm gonna... Bells?
I wonder if the Taliban were watching Caspian Report recently 🧐
⚪SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CASPIAN REPORT
Do you think they dnt know it........
More incentive for other countries to either mess them up, or to fix their government and situation.
It's a truism that countries with many resources are poorer while those without aren't. A great example is the Netherlands which just had its election. There's a great analysis of the factors behind the Dutch election: ruclips.net/p/PLRE6vgY7NmNFHRj0DwgGj-w0QKYK9s2Mb
They lend themselves to manipulation. Takes two to tango.
"Fix" are you serious... I can see why you're a fan of Napoleon
@@bekindbethoughtful4640 They went to war with the highest spending military budget nation in History for 20 years..
I'm personally betting on the first scenario and not the latter. Foreign actors act in their own best interest, their best interest is to get the best deal. Even if it was possible to run the gauntlet and...'fix' Afghanistan - and to be clear, the odds of _that_ being pulled off are less likely than America, China and Russia making friendship bracelets and singing Kumbaya - people have short memories, and a 'fixed' state is one that will lead to a worse deal for the foreign actors (less leverage on their end).
So there's no real incentive to 'fix', and all the incentives to leverage existing factors to get the best deal.
USA: we have gone green, we don't need oil anymore!
Also USA: *minerals you say?*
Definitely need them for daddy Elon’s batteries
No rare earth minerals = lack of a proper green energy power grid.
@@mimovil8730 Space mining it is. If the US won't do i, China and Europe will.
They want solar panels yet say they are going green 🤣🤣😂
@@FAKETV96 elon couping in bolavia for lithium and Afghanistan too has lithium deposits
Trillions worth of minerals exists in Afghanistan
USA: Looks like someone needs freedom
Biden: Can we invade somewhere twice?
Ahmed are you stupid??
As a Persian you know what taliban did on afghan pple
The Chinese will come now. Just wait and see.
Well..we never really left...
Nope, America is leaving. Watch out for the Chiniese tho...
Great video. I am from Afghanistan and everything you said is true.
Where there is gold, there is bullets.
Where there is gold, there is blood.
Greetings from Germany...🍺
I bet this phrase sounds even cooler in deutsch, how would you say it?
@@orangedalmatian
Gibt es Gold, gibt es auch Gewalt
Gibt es Gold, gibt es auch Blut
same goes for many rare elements, Oil, Lithium, soon even helium may be fought over
Yep.. em a kugulen auf putzen.. am besten.. keine blut Mear nur gold.. ' aigh.. ..
EXACTLY ☺️
3 trillion reasons for US to bring "democracy" to the Afghans
These resources have been know about since 2010. the US has not made any move since then to exploit these resources. the Chinese however. have been buying up alot of land to mine. The Us had not taken advantage of these resources.
Well it's better than China starving whole nations of mineralsz and the US is significantly more moral than china
@@RK-cj4oc us stole oil from iraq, Libya. And your are teaching us this
@@Knowmore55555 Yes. I am telling you that. Because it is the truth. Back in 2010 i already saw documentaries (back then the mineral wealth was still estimated at 1 trillion) and even in those documentaries they showed surprise at that the US was not taking advantage of the mineral wealth. Meanwhile china is buying up entire villages and sending chinese workers to mine the resources.
Idiot taliban destroyed Afghanistan what are you talking about??
You can ask about it to afghanitn
you've just extended the Afghan war indefinitely
Its time to bring some democracy and freedom by using deadly force...
@@la7dfa ...kill'em all if they don't accept American style democracy....
Bye bye America
@tokii hikoo How many decades are we supposed to attempt to hold that country to some bare level of habitability? Are YOU paying the bill? I am.
@tokii hikoo Maybe. Regardless you should be thrilled.
"With the new mineral assessments... the Americans may find new meaning to extend their stay in Afghanistan." This didn't age well. History repeating itself and America pulling a Russia. Bailing just when they find the money. Very curious... why does this keep happening?
Maybe they just go home to wait for an invitation🤔🤔🤔
Because Afghanistan is a poison pill
As a mining engineering student, this is going to be interesting!
Curriculums for the next semester: How to use AK-47 and Combat with dagger.
@@user-my6fy5uy6j Kalash can't shoot tho modern armor its useless he needs to learn how to use poisonous gasses from the minerals xD
@@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx as if there are any modern armors in Afghanistan, well, except for the U.S. troops.
@@user-my6fy5uy6j and that's working so well for them
@@user-my6fy5uy6j But yet they failed to truly conquer Afghanistan
3 Trillion you say?
How unfortunate that suddenly there is a spike in islamists going to happen that requires freedom to be exported again.
What do you mean by Islamist? I'm Muslim i want to know your intentions.. And I understand later part which hypocracy of West to liberate in the name of lie
@@galaxyofvid2738 a think you misunderstand is comment he mocked united states governements
@@users10116 i knkw he is mocking USA but also using terms like Islamist it like our enemy use such words orgin is zionazists
@@galaxyofvid2738 meh don't take it too seriously. I'm pretty sure he referred to extremist Muslim, not Muslim like us
@Win Everything yeah but it doesn't mean Extreme. Not all islamist are terrorist my guy
Afghanistan: *on top of trillion dollar rare earth element*
United States *We come to rescue, do not resist*.
Ps: guy, i'm just joking. It's more complex than raw minerals. No country is pure benevolent. Don't take it too seriously.
And China will be like: "We'll help you to mine the minerals and you get the most profit, we only take a small percentage and we also take health and working conditions of employees seriously and make sure they get a good salary" 😄
@@Byrzzaa This but ironically
@@Chironex_Fleckeri Yes. I hope no one thinks that I wrote that without irony 😅
Meh, $3trn isn’t very much.
@@Byrzzaa China hasn't invaded Afghanistan. US has.
The title should be " Afghanistan was sitting on $3 trillion minerals"
While being a graveyard of empires, it also seems to be a graveyard of hopes.
Ouch
It's not a "graveyard of empires" Many empires have successfully held Afghanistan for centuries.
@@internethardcase and when was that
@@internethardcase not recently,
@@internethardcase are u stupid? Since Afghanistan was created in 1747, Afghanistan was never conquered. Conquered means permanent colonization or exploitation btw.
Now I know why there are proxy wars in this regions all the time!!! Thank you for this video. It's really an eye-opener.
It's a truism that countries with many resources are poorer while those without aren't. A great example is the Netherlands which just had its election. There's a great analysis of the factors behind the Dutch election: ruclips.net/p/PLRE6vgY7NmNFHRj0DwgGj-w0QKYK9s2Mb
@Imran A No not really, although it is very difficult to Conquer entirely mainly because of Terrain. The were disastrous attempts by the British in the 19th century and then Russians next.
If a super power really wanted to conquer it, it will be done. In todays Modern warfare those myths are obviously debunked.
@Imran A Yes but I think you fail to see it. Afghanistan's terrain is both a blessing and a curse. The same terrain that deters conquerors, is the same terrain that renders that land useless for the inhabitants too. The viable terrain can be easily conquered if a super power wants but not the other treacherous terrain and - who wants to?
Those parts just don't make any sense to conquer because there's nothing but tribal factions smeared all over those places. That land is of no value.
@Imran A That $700bn is a massaged figure. Plus it's the American Military complex, what do you expect?
@Imran A
I think it's also important to remember that the same powers that invaded them also funded them specifically their terrorist groups. Like explained in this video it's probably just not worth the hassle for what you earn from it
Well....
*F for Afghanistan.*
Didn't we spend 2.5 trillion on the war? So if we mined out every scrap of every valuable mineral, with mining costs accounted for, we couldn't even recover the money we've already spent.
That's why US pressed the Stoploss button and exited
yeah thats what your ancestors thought and lost their heads, u can come as well no prob at all
@@ok00001 nice insight brother, indeed you are right.
@@ok00001 ameen
USA: time to liberate the afghan people!!
" Great nations are built because of gold mines but rarely are great nations built on top of gold mines" Great quote Caspian!
@@radattk3145 You seem triggered everywhere. 😂 Calm down.
No one asked you
The US is kinda a counter-example to this. The nation is rich with resources of all kinds, both relevant to modern economies (such as oil) and old ones (plentiful fertile farmland). Russia also has a lots of resources, and while it ain't wealthy it is powerful.
@@ArawnOfAnnwn That's because they're big, Russia went east and the US went west.
USA: "Looks like Afghanistan needs more democracy"
Don't forget freedom.
Hahaha it’s all about Mineral resources
😂😂😂
Awesome documentary! Very well said in the end.
"Wealthy nations are built because of gold mines, but not necessarily on top of them".
"Afghanistan sits on $3 trillion in minerals
"
The US: Allow us to introduce ourselves.
Also US: you
Are being helped do not resist
Would you like some DEMOCRACY
More likely to be China, and the judged by way they are treaing wigurs, then the afgans are in for trouble.
@@sprocket5526 And China are not going to shy away from doing what is needed to do so. We westerners have seen two generations of young people die in world wars so, in disgust we lost our willingness for unrestricted warfare. Yes there has been conflicts since then but they has been very controversial with the general population and now we see the US pull out of Afghanistan since they are unwilling to do what would be needed to actually win.
US path is oil, Canada on the other hand loves minerals.
Afghanistan:has $3trillion worth of resources
America: Afghanistan needs MORE F R E E D O M
Well I don't see how they are going to extract those resources if the Taliban control half the country. Then as Shirvan mentioned you then need the infrastructure, water, electricity, expertise, security and routes and ports to export the resources. I kind of feel like Afghanistan will most likely get incorporate with China and Pakistan with the belt and road but will also difficult. Watch this space I guess.
@@EatMyShortsAU yep u are right
Biden: ........
@@EM-tx3ly hmm
@@EatMyShortsAU well it can i have good alternate by merging Afghanistan and Pakistan
Killing it with the content Caspian Report. Appreciations from Finland :)
5 months later..Afghanistan has fallen.
The moment infrastructure is built sufficiently to actually extract most of that is the moment some great power or another is likely to find some 'pressing reason why intervention in Afghanistan is crucial for national and global security'. Sad but true.
Kabul will not build infrastructure on its own for this exact reason. They will strike a deal with either Russia or Washington, that included infrastructure and security.
Absurd. If that were actually enough, half the country would be constantly invaded. There are other variables involved.
CCP already mines Afghanistan
@@jordanknight336 'Constantly invaded' does actually sum up the history of Afghanistan pretty well.
@@dr.floridaman4805 Didn’t those get blown up by religious extremists?
“Prisoner Of it’s Geography “ .....excellent description 👍
China is currently building a road from China through Asia to Europe. This will include some sea routes as well. This project is called the Belt Road initiative and it looks like it is planned to go through Afghanistan so they have to deal with China eventually.
This comment was quite prophetic.
Afghanistan: has minerals
USA : ok. Let’s give em democracy 😋
"Lets remove oppression from them " america .
How cute are Americans ,, thier media is also so cute .
Sending all the bold eagles and freedom we can. Yeehaaa !!
Very True ❤👍
Usa left.
That’s why the U.S is “liberating them” giving them a democracy American way
thx to Biden's decisions, troops withdrawal is no longer on the table.
Let the 6th century cult kill each other for their peril for their paradise with wine & virgins...
Who cares!
@@13Humanbeing yes! Troops are doing bbq there isn’t ?
@@jgr7487 oh please trump wasn't gonna pull them out either
@@hassanjalil1777
Let Islamic countries form an Islamic Nato... So that 6th century cult can go to them to settle the issues...
Ah Sorry, I forgot that they only have the "technical schools "to make IEDs...
An Afghan Pakistan partnership is the only solution for Afghanistan. This has been proposed since the 1950s
Baluchistan could split and become a state.
@@ETALAL Not probable
Lord keep my country save from China , USA , Pakistan , Iran , France and all the evil countries
This is not the end of Afghanistan’s troubles. I can only imagine China will enter the fray in future years. One Empire leaves the stage, another enters
in ancient time, Afghanistan was a jewel of Silk Road,
Colonists and Imperialists ruined Afghanistan,
when Anglo-Saxons leave, Afghanistan should rebuild,
They are in for a rude surprise if China does come in. American air and drone strike atrocities would probably pale in comparison to what the Chicoms would bring to bare
@Taznaz Z Chinese Belt and Road initiatives have always shown to have strings attached. Once the Afghans realize this is just another superpower coming in to reap their natural resources it'll come to pass all over again. If that's not the case, than the CCP will just stay cozy in bed with the Taliban as the ruling government and look the other way when a village here or there gets massacred. Tibet and Xinjiang should be prime examples of the CCP not giving a rats ass about ethnic populations. At the end of the day the Afghan people lose either way. For their sake I hope you're right
@@ssjretard4048 Still better than wasting casualties and 20 years in there imo. Or they might try the peaceful way first before they subjugate that area medieval-style.
@@gavins9846 not gonna argue with that. For any matter, CCP State media would probably keep a pretty tight lid in anything regardless should they actually go in en masse
true, when i was at school 55 years ago, the wealth of the area was already largely known and marked in the atlas
e.g. gold, silver, uranium, copper, tin, coal, petroleum, ...
Yet still hasn't been extracted 55 years later and it might take another 55 years.
It has been known since the bronze age, as tin is a necessary component of the alloy
@@HebelDan the whole bronze age civilization was run by metals from this region. Bronze age collapse was also due to trade routes stoping.
@@joimy95 Any idea why the trade routes bound west stopped? Could be the rising eastern powers?
@@HebelDan that is difficult to answer. Nobody can say why.
Oh boy, I love *resource wars*
Comment actually fits the commentor
Thank you Caspian, you make me realize it's always more complicated than it seems.
@@rarecase3666 thanks, it's still complicated to me.
Which explains what motivates the Western nations in Afghanistan.
Is the motivation of eastern nations different? Cool name btw!
@@temporaryname8905
Afghanistan is a mixed nation with people of different ethnicities...Uzbek, Iranian etc...they have been at war with each other since the days of the Mongol Empire.
The Taliban are nothing but "Islamic" clowns who are backed by foreign powers to run a country that is mostly dependent on Opium trade for income since the 1950's...the Russian on one side and the West on the other side since the Soviet invasion.
Oh dear, the poor Afgans. They will never be left alone to enjoy these riches. This is worse than the opium trade. If the Americans ever leave, China will go in for the same reasons that made them take Tibet.
China would help Afghanistan develop into a prosperous country with good infrastructure. Just like Tibetans have much higher gdp and lifestyle than well, Indians forsure (but that's obvious)
Indian regime sending peanut money for these minerals exploitation like USA tried
Never trust china
@@ThePhoenix109 China more trustworthy than the west forsake
Thats why Elite American occupied Afghanistan. Interesting 🤔
@Vlad Tepes Better US than China.
@@Don-Coyote-De-Transylvania Afghanistan itself better than anyone else
And you never know for all what America did Afghanistan might side with China but let's hope for the best
@@Don-Coyote-De-Transylvania The us has too much blood on its hand.Better anyone else than the us
@@syedarman4720 Ever heard of Holodomor? Did you read Gulag Archipelago?
Well my friend, you hit me hard with your ignorance.
@Vlad Tepes These leftist hispters have no idea what communism is. US is not the best country but is we have to chose between two evil, lets chose the lesser one and that one is US.
Very well spoken my brother! Sitting on a gold mine means trouble...the bullies will fight over it.
This is the reason why everybody interested in Afghanistan 🇦🇫 and also where they are face blunders .
$3 trillion in minerals, now you know why the U.S has been there for twenty years.
Ohh come on its for their freedom , how can you have such sarcasm for the Red White and Blue ;o)
Any sane Afghan actually begs to make the US troops stay in the country.
@@juanzulu1318 the US had twenty years to make something happen
Russia before,yes I hope the best for the Afganistan people's. Get great leaders and good contracts .Sart producing.
@@MrTimeless101 so did the Afghan people. Do u think they are children or why do u think they need the US to make something happen?
Iraq: We have oil.
USA: Iraq needs democracy.
Afghanistan: We have $3 trillion worth of minerals.
USA: Afghanistan needs democracy.
India: We have Element 115, and we are already democracy.
US: India need String of Pearls
@@discreetninja India is doing exactly what they need to be doing. Continue to work against China.
@@Veritas-invenitur India is black hole 🕳️
USA: You need democracy
Afghanistan: you need the 2nd 9/11
@@villainsneverdie5160 That’s dark bro. We don’t need terrorists attacks anymore to bring American Freedom and American Democracy to any nation around the world. The latest American Generations just let the government do whatever they want then complain about it later and believe that their votes are tho only thin hey can do.
Pentagon watching caspian report... *write that down*
lol many government agencies watch caspian report he's kinda celebrity.
@@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx tell me you are joking
@@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx How can you claim that?
lol no....state dept already uses big tech (YT) to push their agenda thru channels like this.....why do you think its so popular genius?
Very good report, especially in light of the recent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan again.
I can already see China grabbing Afganistan
Could you imagine if ww3 started because of conflict between "militias" sponsored by Chinese and Americans?
@@michaelbread5906 as jre likes to say, it's entirely possible
What do you mean already? The US military is all around it and you're still crying.
@@tritium1998 yet China has their puppet on the WH. If the US doesn't change course soon, they won't be around by the time the minerals are extracted.
China is good for not USA or India
Gold also in Afghanistan, The Samti deposit is located in the Panj River Valley and was estimated to contain between 20 and 25 metric tons of gold. The southern regions of Afghanistan is believed to contain large gold deposits, particularly the Helmand Province. There is an estimated $50 billion in gold and copper deposits in Ghazni province.
This account has turned out to be one of my favorite youtube channels ever. I cant think of or name another account that does videos like Shirvan does and I cant and don't believe anyone will.
Yes, Caspian report is exceptionally well well made channel! Well researched and professional in both content and form of presenting, with exceptionally low level of bias.
This should put mainstream media into shame. I cannot see organisations like BBC with virtually unlimited funds producing high-quality content like this. Not mentioning the bias.
Who is here after the fall of kabul & afg government
Nice video man. Afghanistan reminds of the Congo, a poor country stuck in the middle of continent sitting on a gold mine(literally).
Afghanistan is a paradise hidden in the midst of war ❤🇦🇫❤
So why do Afghans flood to the West. Afghans should return to build their country.
@@jjohanesson9139 idk cuz there is a fucking war?
@@mcdonaldsburntchickennugge8231 that too caused by the west, specifically US
@@justanerd414 yeah cuz the soviets, taliban and mujahideen didnt exist
@@jjohanesson9139 Because it's hard to "build their country" when bullets are flying everywhere? Are you that stupid or what?
As every other presentation of you , this was as great as we expected... thanks for accuracy on information and realistic analysis of situations
The Taliban watching this video: WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN!
Minor correction: the Lanthanides are the rare elements that when combined with other elements become the rare earth minerals which are found in the Earth's crust.
I’m sure that’s what he said?
@@hanzalamehmood2991 He said "when combined with certain chemicals they become the rare earth elements." This is incorrect, when the combine with other chemicals they become minerals, alone they are elements.
@@recurrenTopology Thanks for explaining. Have a good day
The belt and road initiative in my opinion seems the safest form of commerce for Afghanistan.
Yes. Belt and Road seems to be China's way of controlling the world by saving each country from much larger and more pressing issues. If not for American hegemony, perhaps China wouldn't have taken over the world.
One day Afghanistan will win against all the odds and become a peaceful and prosperous country in Asia 😍
💚 from India ✌👍
Afghanistan can become a huge power if India stop using Afghanistan for its own benefit. For example, Anti China and Anti Pakistan Propaganda
@@irfanfani908 yeah it's not like the pashtun people in Pakistan want to secede to their motherland in Afghanistan right? It's just anti-pakistan propoganda. Sure buddy
@@daddydeadpool9871 🤣🖕🤣🖕
@Just some yeti with internet access Just like you are born 🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾
@@daddydeadpool9871 lol. Please talk to some Pakistani Pashtun someday. By the way Mujahid Khan, Pakistan's Air Marshall is also Pashtun. He looked very anti-Pakistan when Pakistan Air Force shot down two IAF fighter jets 😂😂
By the way Pakistani Pashtuns live precisely in their motherland. Its rather Afghani pashtuns who are desperate to come to Pakistan.
I live in Lahore. Recently a telecom provider was changing its cables in my area. Nd every single worker of was Afghan pushtun.
Please tell them to go to their MOTHERLAND 🙄
Beautiful video, thanks for mentioning Afghanistan.
"The wealthy and powerful nation built on gold mines but they are rarely built top of them"
- shirvan 2021
An ideological battleground between Americans and Soviets in the last century.
Now Afghanistan seems to become an economic battlefield between China and America with China wanting to keep its dominance in the rare earth supply and America wanting to diversify.
It wasnt an ideological battleground, this was just an excuse, the reason was ever economical, territorial.
I don't think China is a country that imposes ideology on other countries. Nor does it use millitary coercion or even build millitary bases. But rather uses commercial negotiations that both countries would agree too.
@@thetreekeeper143 Pretty sure they’re building islands for military bases.
@@christinearmington but they haven't bombed a country making them into a desert like Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria whilst committing attrocities covertly and conducting torture camps like abhu graeve and Guantanamo bay.
@@christinearmington Also remember Pompeo's infamous quote "we lie, we steal, we cheat" from other countries.
All this time we wondered what the purpose of the Afghan war for the US was...now we know
Truth. And not money for all, but rather money to the few who can't seem to get enough of it.
It's always geopolitics. Can't let the Chinese or Russians or Americans or the dozen American allies mess with anyone or anything anywhere without the entire world wanting their fingers in the pie. It's only natural.
@@boldCactuslad Yes, but not "the entire world" but rather "the insane ruling elite who control the entire world."
Plus opiom
It makes much more sense than the official storyline.
China to the world: Hey there's a piece of nice real estate nobody wants, allow me ladies and gens :)
that sadly one reason why china supported the talibans... second taliban offers new opportunities for chinas "new silk road"
Imagine how long ago the US would've pulled out if they didn't have those resourses
I never pull out LOL
Its not only usa before was Russian nd now taliban
As far as I am aware virtually none of those resources have been exploited during the American intervention.
they never would have gone in the first place
The situation is worsening everyday and the government is weak. Taalibans are making outrageous demands the bomb blasts have increased the nation is divided. Economy is bad. Crime is high the. The suffering of afghans do not seem to have an end. The brave people of Afghanistan will see this through
thanks shirvan for the video!
Kabul must have to make friendly relations with others to become prosper
Kabul is china since ancient times
The government is not the problem here.
@@pickledtesticles2870 haha what a joke
Afghanistan making friends with the United states could be a very good move. The united states requires large amounts of rare earth elements, most of which come from china. As us/china relations cool and the two nations move towards their inevitable clash the United States is likely to become willing to pay a Premium for rare earth elements from another source further increasing the value of Afghanistan's mineral recources. This could be a big boon for Afghanistan if handled correctly, but it does present a major risk, and to put it bluntly afghanistan may Not have a choice.
sunny singh not joke ... “afghanistan” is from western colonialist, in ancient time “afghanistan” is lu shiao province of china ... soon lu shiao will return to china and this people can be re educated and cleansed ... china is rightful owner of afghanistan mineral
America will suddenly "LIBERATE" Afganistan with Democracy. Mark my word.
Usa pulled out. Its chinas turn
Watch his most recent video. The USA is as good as pulled out.
Afghanistan Allah has blessed you and blessed your afghans/pashtuns/pathans with strength, love,honor and respect and most definitely a true warrior people. Epitome of warrior. Mahdi's army
@thought giver Ah yes the poor Islamic nations of UAE, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Turkey, Oman, Qatar etc... Everyone there is just desperate to get to the Christian countries of the DRC, Central African Republic, Venezuela and Zimbabwe
@@jmacdonald6195 they have been made rich due to oil , not on their own
People saying it's why the US went there but the Soviets went there before,it's easy to blame.
nope, read Michael Parenti, CIA was in Afganistan even before Soviets went to Afganistan
@@roxysponge3447 I`m pretty sure the US went there because of 9/11 and Bush`s need for a reaction.
@@cowboybeboop9420 bush was kinda dumb,but yes, because of 9/11
@@Hawky1 And yes, the soviets were there earlier. But what? Two empires devastating a country.
@@Cecil_Augus There were certainly reasons...
Great video and interesting topic! 👏🏽
The vast reserves of gold, platinum, silver, copper, iron, chromite, lithium, uranium, and aluminium can be a great opportunity for Afghanistan.
The rich mineral resources, if exploited effectively and with a sustainable strategy, could prove to be the best substitutes for foreign aid and decrease the country’s dependence on donor countries and foreign support. These resources, if properly managed, provide an opportunity for Afghanistan to write its own story of economic success. Robust policies, strong institutional arrangements together with clear policy direction will pave the way for attracting both domestic and foreign investors. Better management of mineral resources could end in sustainable economic growth paving the way for a lasting peace.
Afghanistan is known for its stable and proper economic management
And a comprehensive partnership with Pakistan is the bedrock of all that ad history has shown
Read up dutch disease. This is actually bad news for afganistan.
There are so many "ifs" written here lol. I hope Afghanistan manages it well, they could use a break. I am not holding my breath though.
@@shadowblack5455 Ridiculous that it was named after the Dutch, seeing how this kind of thing happens all the time, gotta thank the anglophone British and Australians I guess. It's important to note that despite the fact appreciation of one sector can negatively influence other sectors, the result for the country's GDP (and prosperity) is still a net positive. The negative effect on other sectors is dependent on the currency's value increasing (which leads to cheaper imports and more expensive exports).