Do you have a laptop, cellphone, Ipod, etc.?
If you say, yes, chances are you
use LITHIUM batteries in your portable
electronic gizmos.
Just as most cars today run on hydrocarbons
(usually from OPEC), so it's quite possible that
Bolivia and Afghanistan may form a consortium
to monopolize lithium production in the future.
It don't matter if it's a Taliban, prowestern, neutral or proIranian government in Kabul in the future; they'll exploit this.