Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum has said in a meeting with Russian and Chinese investors that Afghanistan is a rich country in terms of mines and we welcome all countries in the field of investment in mineral resources and we will create facilities for investment.

The founder of the notorious, and now defunct, Blackwater, has been making headlines for trying to privatise the Afghan war. What has gone unreported are his plans as "Trump's advisor" to extract the country's immensely rich mineral wealth.