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Afghan mineral wealth being looted by strongmen, experts say

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In this Monday, March 28, 2016 photo, an Afghan man walks in front of a lapis lazuli shop in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. The brilliant blue stone lapis lazuli, prized for millennia, is almost uniquely found in Afghanistan, a key part of the extensive mineral wealth that is seen as the best hope for funding development of one of the world's poorest nations. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

In this Monday, March 28, 2016 photo, an Afghan man walks in front of a lapis lazuli shop in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. The brilliant blue stone lapis lazuli, prized for millennia, is almost uniquely found in Afghanistan, a key part of the extensive mineral wealth that is seen as the best hope for funding development of one of the world's poorest nations. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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