As US President Donald Trump prepares to announce his administration’s strategy for the stalemate in Afghanistan later on Monday, the South Asian country’s $3 trillion wealth of natural resources has taken the center of attention.
US President Donald Trump is changing Washington’s strategy on Afghanistan. The US invaded the country in 2001 in the so-called global war on terror. But after nearly 16 years, the US is still trying to figure out what to do in the country. But is Trump’s latest strategy part of a wider plan to exploit Afghanistan’s natural resources?