The US wants in on Pakistan’s critical minerals bonanza. But it’s located on militant territory – and they’re armed with stolen US weapons

In the sienna-colored curves of Pakistan’s Hindu Kush mountains, one of the most rugged and lawless regions in the world, a cavernous, grooved crater gouged out from a hillside shines in the winter sun, just ten miles from the border with Afghanistan.

Published: February 3, 2026 2:00 pm

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