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Experts:
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."