U.S. President Donald Trump steps from Air Force One, en route to nearby Camp David to meet with the National Security Council to try to agree on a strategy for Afghanistan, in Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S., August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is eyeing Afghanistan's mineral wealth to help pay for a 16-year war and reconstruction efforts that have already cost $117 billion (90.89 billion pounds). Investors who have studied the country, one of the world's most dangerous, say that is a pipe dream.
Ever since a United States Geological Survey study a decade ago identified deposits later estimated to have a potential value of as much as $1 trillion, both Afghan and foreign officials have trumpeted the reserves as a likely key to economic independence for Afghanistan.
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