High-Value Resource Contracts, Conflict, and Peace in Afghanistan
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 2014-07-30

July 14, 2010
Reports that Afghanistan is sitting on a “gold mine” of mineral deposits, more than $1 trillion of it according to some estimates, could foster competition for access and control, fuel new conflicts and make peace harder to forge, according to a panel of experts at a July 14 United States Institute of Peace symposium titled "High-Value Resource Contracts, Conflict and Peace in Afghanistan."

For more information: http://www.usip.org/events/high-value-resource-contracts-conflict-and-peace-in-afghanistan