An estimated $8 trillion in copper, lithium, cobalt, gold, antimony and other critical minerals lies beneath the soil in Pakistan. But the treasure Pakistan claims to be sitting on is located in border areas wracked by decades-long jihadist insurgencies, that have grown more widespread and deadly since the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 left behind a cornucopia of hastily abandoned weaponry.
On an exclusive trip to some of Pakistan’s most dangerous areas, a CNN team was shown hundreds of US-made rifles, machine guns and sniper rifles –– all leftovers from Washington’s war next door, and all seized from a new breed of jihadists and insurgents.
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Source: CNN News
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