IPFS News Link • Afghanistan
To the Chinese and the Indians, the spoils of a terrible war
• http://www.independent.co.uk, David Randall , JonaThe potentially lucrative task of exploiting Afghanistan's immense mineral wealth – estimated to be worth around £2trn, according to the Kabul government – is only in the early stages. But already China and India in particular are doing deals and beginning work. Facilities already established are being protected by local army and police, part of whose funding, and most of whose training, has been a US/UK responsibility.