Several Countries Express Interest to Invest in Lithium Mines in Nuristan

KABUL, Mar. 25 – As many as five countries are interested in investing in the “lithium” mining sector in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, say officials at the ministry of information and culture.

According to Mohammad Yunus Rashid, the deputy of youth in the Ministry of Information and Culture, Japan, US, China, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are among the countries that are interested in investing in the mining sector of lithium mines in Nuristan province.

There are high capacities for economic self-sufficiency in the country and positive changes will be made in the economic development of the country in the near future, said officials.

Economic experts meanwhile believe that if the extraction and processing of the country’s minerals are done in Afghanistan, the country can get out of the economic crisis very quickly.

Meanwhile, members of the private sector say they are trying to invest jointly and individually with foreign investors in the mining sector. They call on the Islamic Emirate to hand over mining contracts to companies that have the ability to process in the country.