These Slides tells us about the natural resources of Afghanistan Its dam and other resources with Examples.

1. Outlines
You will learn about:
 Natural resources
 Benefits of natural resources to a country
 Types of Natural Resources
 Different natural resources of Afghanistan

2. What is Natural Resource?
 A naturally occurring source of wealth
 Minerals
 Water
 Land
 Jungles

3. Development of Country
 Economical benefit to a country
 Benefits trading of a country
 People could be preserved
 To some extent beneficial for posterity
 Create jobs

4. Types of Natural Resources
 Non-renewable Natural Resources
 Can be used only once
 Ex: coal, uranium, petroleum, natural gas, etc.
 Renewable Resources
 Can be naturally restored.
 Ex: wide, sunlight, etc. Also, Timber and Water require replenishment time.

5. Natural resources of Afghanistan
 Water
 Menials
 Land
 Over 1400 minerals
 Mining $6 trillion (840 trillion rupees)

6. Water
 80% originate from
Hindu Kush mountains
 Amu Darya holds more
than 55% of AFG’s
water resources.
 Three largest river Indus,
Amu Darya and
Helmand
 The most irrigated
provinces are Balkh,
Kunduz and Jowzjan.

7. Kunar River
Helmand River

8. Water Dams
 Afghanistan has lots of dams
 Naghlu dam
 Darunta dam
 Kajaki dam (Helmandi)
 Surobi dam
 Mahipar dam
 Kunar dam (progress)
 Salma dam (Hirat)
 Etc.…
Mah-e-Par Dam

9. Salma Dam
Bakhshabad Dam

10. Mining in Afghanistan
 Gold
 Uranium
 Copper
 Gemstone
 Iron
 Lithium
 Marble
 Natural gas, petroleum
 Talc and etc.……

11. Gold
 Kandahar
 Nangarhar
 Badakhashan
 Nimruz

12. Uranium
 High value
 Helmand
 atomic weapons
 Illegally by US troops

13. Copper
 Logar (240 million metric tons)
 Herat
 Kandahar
 Zabul
 Kapisa

14. GEMSTONES
Piece of mineral crystal
 Cut and polished
 Make jewelry other adornments

15. GEMSTONES IN AFGHANISTAN
 Inextricably linked for 6500 years.
 Source of good quality mineral.
 Gemstones mined leave the country illicitly.
 90-95 %,Peshawar, stored for quality.

16. GEM RESOURCES IN AFGHANISTAN
 Four main gemstone producing areas:
1. Panjshir Valley producing emeralds.
2. Jegdalek area producing rubies.
3. Badakhshan producing of Afghan gems, lapis lazuli.
4. Nuristan producing a wide range of semi-precious gems such as tourmaline, kunzite and also
others…

17. Emeralds
 Discovered by young
shepherd in 1970s.
 Saturated green and most
precious form of beryl.

18. RUBIES
 Known as King of Precious Stones.
 Jegdalek mines worked in 1937s for marble.

19. IRON
 Located: in Hajigak of bammyan province.
 80% ore consists of magnetite and pyrite.
 20% ore consists
of three hematitic
ore types.

20. LITHIUM
 Vital metal.
 Rechargeable batteries.
 Located:
western Province of Herat
and Nimroz, central east
Province of Ghazni.

21. Marble
 WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MARBLE
 HERAT CITY
 EXPORTS $15 MILLION PER YEAR.

22. Afghan Marble Industry
 THE UNITED STATES
 EUROPE
 AUSTRALIA
 JAPAN
Marble Quarry in Herat, Afghanistan

23. Economic Factors
THERE ARE SOME INTERNAL ECONOMIC FACTORS IN PLAY. AFGHANISTAN IS
HOME TO MANY DIFFERENT MINERAL RESOURCES

24. natural gas
 Afghanistan has 3.8 billion barrels
of oil between Balkh and Jawzjan
Province
 consumes 5,000 bbl/day
 Signed Contract in December 2011
(CNPC)
 (CNPC) began Afghan oil production in
October 2012
 extracting 1.5 million barrels of oil
annually

25. Petroleum
 established in 2013
 Afghanistan Petroleum Authority has the following departments:
1. DPCM
2. DPCF
3. DOTS

26. Conclusion
 Impact of Natural Resources on a Country
 Afghanistan has lots of Natural Resources
 Natural Resources of Afghanistan are not being well-used
 Afghanistan is rich country because of Natural Resources

27. Thanks
Questions are most welcome