It will turn out like the Bougainville Copper mine. Minerals will not bring peace to Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville_Copper Who wants mines when the US is busy farming this paradise? Production must have hit a new record this year.
Wars are always about resources, we already had this info for quite some time. Wars are just for access. Why do you think we got involved in vietnam? Because of Rubber, yes you can thank US Rubber and our government for this war.
a weak try at creating positive news for the war. this deposit was well known for years http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1819 but i guess the idiots on et will eat up anything the establishment puts out we will more then likely discover it a few more time in the next few years. I just read an article that the u.s. discovered oil in iran just yesterday.