China Starts Work on Afghan Copper Mine Long Stalled by War

Afghanistan and Chinese officials attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate a Mes Aynak copper deposit mining project, in Shast Bandari area of Mohammad Agha district at Logar province on July 24, 2024. Wakil KOHSAR / AFP

By Joe Stenson

Chinese engineers and the Taliban government broke ground in Afghanistan on Wednesday on a project to mine the world’s second-largest copper deposit after a 16-year delay caused by war.

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