Topic - Aynak

Aynak is a place in Afghanistan's Logar province, about 30 km south-southeast of Kabul. It is the site of a large copper deposit. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - In this photograph made on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 in Mes Aynak valley, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Buddha statues are seen inside an ancient temple. The valley is the world's second-largest unexploited copper estimated to be worth nearly $1 trillion. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File)

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