Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Now that the Taliban have regained control of Afghanistan, the hardline Islamic group could be sitting on a fortune worth “trillions of dollars” according to experts.The country has enormous mineral deposits including copper, gold, oil, natural gas and uranium.The Chinese government is also reportedly interested in exploiting Afghanistan’s vast reserves of lithium – a metal used extensively in the construction of high-tech electronics.Zhou Bo, a former Chinese Army officer, wrote in the New York Times this week that Afghanistan has two things that China values highly: “Opportunities in infrastructure and industry building – areas in which China’s capabilities are arguably unmatched – and.
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