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As US looks for exit in Afghanistan, China digs in
Quick ReadChinese company's contract to mine Afghanistan's rich copper deposits criticized as a bad deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — At a former al-Qaida stronghold southeast of the Afghan capital, a state-owned Chinese company is at work on a $3 billion mine project to tap one of the world's largest unexploited copper reserves, a potential financial boon for an impoverished country mired in war.
The promise of a bright future at Aynak, however, cannot conceal the troubling reality of how business is often...
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