Afghanistan's Mes Aynak was one of the most important stops on the ancient silk route. The Buddhist settlement sits on top of a valuable copper deposit. A Chinese mining company is threatening to swallow Mes Aynak with a $3 billion project. Mariam Wardak gets you a report.

South Asia Diary | Chinese mine threatens Afghan Buddhist site

Security threats by insurgents have forced European and U.S. archaeologists to pull out of the Mes Aynak site in recent years, leaving Afghan experts to pursue the work on their own and try to prevent rampant illegal mining

Roadside bomb kills Afghan archaeologist near Buddhist site

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South Asia Diary | Chinese mine threatens Afghan Buddhist site

Roadside bomb kills Afghan archaeologist near Buddhist site