{
  "id": 5713601,
  "title": "Taliban mining pitch to US is a political risk time bomb",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/taliban-mining-pitch-to-us-is-a-political-risk-time-bomb",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T04:16:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/taliban-mining-pitch-to-us-is-a-political-risk-time-bomb/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Afghanistan is estimated to hold more than US$1 trillion in mineral resources. Rich stores of copper, lithium, gold, iron ore, rare earth elements, coal and precious stones lie beneath one of the world’s poorest and war-torn nations. Five years after returning to power, the Taliban now want to turn that geological bounty into a diplomatic […] The post Taliban mining pitch to US is a political…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}