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Afghanistan: Old Buddhist settlement of Mes Aynak now faces threat from Chinese copper mine, fate in hands of Taliban

Afghanistan: Old Buddhist settlement of Mes Aynak now faces threat from Chinese copper mine, fate in hands of Taliban

Jun 23, 2022, at 05:39 am

Kabul: A Chinese consortium exploiting one of the world's largest copper deposits in Afghanistan has put a Buddhist city, which was  carved out of immense peaks near Kabul, to the verge of disappearance forever, media reports said.