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Foreign Policy : Golden Buddha, Hidden Copper : NPR
►http://www.npr.org/2012/09/24/161677990/foreign-policy-golden-buddha-hidden-copper
Mes Aynak, in Afghanistan’s Logar Province, boasts one of the largest undeveloped copper deposits in the world. But it is also home to vast archeological ruins, including 5th century Buddhist monasteries and even older Bronze Age settlements. Preservationists — working furiously to excavate the nearby ruins before they are buried under mining rubble — have urged restraint in developing the copper deposits. But those focused on Afghanistan’s economic development have urged the country to move full speed ahead, citing the dire need for the $1 trillion in revenue that the mine could bring to the impoverished country. Is the potential for economic growth worth more than the loss of cultural heritage?