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Chinese company reportedly seeks to invest $10B in Afghanistan’s lithium mining sector

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According to the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, China-based Gochin Company company seeks to invest US$10 billion in Afghanistan’s lithium mining sector. Geologists have long thought that Afghanistan could have massive, untapped stores of critical minerals—ranging from trillions of dollars.

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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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The satellite then transmitted the signal to a ground station; if no station was within range, it stored the data on magnetic tape for later transmission. As part of its War on Drugs, the CIA used Landsat imagery to reveal an increase of acreage committed to poppy in Afghanistan in 1985 and the resulting expanded opium trade.

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My Cycling trip from Agra to Bikaner

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An artificial lake, Moti jheel, was also made for storing water. He was also incharge of the khazana - or treasury, where the gold and solver coins were stored. Enterprising hunters in Afghanistan and Pakistan were the possible cause for a change in migration routes. But by 1586, Akbar had left Sikri for Lahore. Expensive games!

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