Thread:Comments:US report says Afghanistan has significant mineral wealth/It Belongs to the Afghans


 * Let's see if we can show them how to use it properly. Companies will be lining up offering to pay for leases.   Let's make sure that the contracts include minimum pay and safety standards for local workers, environmental standards for the areas being mined, equitable royalties for the minerals extracted and a THOROUGH AND TRANSPARENT accounting of where the money is going to make sure that it ends up in the treasury and not lining the pockets of the officials.


 * There's a good chunk of American fighting power on the ground there. I'm sure that the Judge Advocates Corps that goes with it can help with contract reviews.


 * Al Gore's family fortune was made in mining. He can help.