john sopko. caller: i have a question for mr. john. the united states decides to leave afghanistan, who will control the billions of dollars? guest: i did not hear that. dolla -- billions in billions of dollars in minerals. guest: we hope the afghan government will. what the caller honed in on is an important risk. that is economic development. those minerals are in the ground. they are not worth anything in the ground. you have to get them out and you have to process them. the problem is most of those minerals are in areas where the terrorists control the terrain. that is why we talk about security and we talk about economic development being tied together. could be a wealthy, self-sufficient country if it could controlled minerals and allow foreign investment in. right now many foreigners do not want to invest in afghanistan because of the security situation, for loss, corruption. if they can address those three, those minerals will help afghanistan pay for their peace. host: they don't have the infrastructure currently. guest: miner

john sopko. caller: i have a question for mr. john. united states decides to leave afghanistan, who will control the billions of dollars? guest: i did not hear that. dolla -- billions in billions of dollars in minerals. guest: we hope the afghan government will. what the caller honed in on is an important risk. that is economic development. those minerals are in the ground. they are not worth anything in the ground. you have to get them out and you have to process them. the problem is most of those minerals are in areas where the terrorists control the terrain. that is why we talk about security and we talk about economic development being tied together. could be a wealthy, self-sufficient country if it could controlled minerals and allow foreign investment in. right now many foreigners do not want to invest in afghanistan because of the security situation, for loss, corruption. if they can address those three, those minerals will help afghanistan pay for their peace. host: they don't have the infrastructure currently. guest: minerals