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Afghanistan's mineral treasures

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Afghanistan has an estimated one trillion dollars of mineral wealth. Everything from copper and iron ore, to coal and natural gas.

But will Afghanistan ever get these riches out of the ground?

BBC correspondent, Quentin Sommerville, travelled to a coal mine in the north of the country.


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