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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 lapis lazuli shopkeeper waits for customers 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 lapis lazuli shopkeeper waits for customers 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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