Mes Aynak is one of dozens of known sites across Afghanistan brimming with rich deposits of other minerals iron ore, lithium and cobalt.

WSJ: In Afghanistan, a Rush to Save Buried Treasure

In my opinion, they want Mes Aynak to set a precedent -- to be a model for resource extraction of the one trillion dollars plus of valuable minerals like oil, copper, lithium and iron buried underneath Afghanistan.

CNN: Ancient site needs saving not destroying