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Better still for China, if it gets its way, is that Afghanistan is set to be the Saudi Arabia of Afghanistan. In other words, the central Asian country is reputedly home to heaps of lithium. As the largest car market in the world, and the global move to EVs, China will likely want to secure every last pound of lithium that it can."<ref>https://archive.is/wip/y95my</ref>}}
Better still for China, if it gets its way, is that Afghanistan is set to be the Saudi Arabia of Afghanistan. In other words, the central Asian country is reputedly home to heaps of lithium. As the largest car market in the world, and the global move to EVs, China will likely want to secure every last pound of lithium that it can."<ref>https://archive.is/wip/y95my</ref>}}
Before the dust even settled over Afghanistan, [[CNBC]] reported China was already in talks with the Taliban to exploit Afghanistan's rare earth metals.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/17/taliban-in-afghanistan-china-may-exploit-rare-earth-metals-analyst-says.html</ref> The [[Biden family]] is set to personally benefit from China gaining access to Afghanistan’s rare earth elements.
Before the dust even settled over Afghanistan, [[CNBC]] reported China was already in talks with the Taliban to exploit Afghanistan's rare earth metals.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/17/taliban-in-afghanistan-china-may-exploit-rare-earth-metals-analyst-says.html</ref> The [[Biden family]] is set to personally benefit from China gaining access to Afghanistan’s rare earth elements.
On June 28, 2021 the deal between CATL and Tesla Motors was announced; the [[AP]] reported that just four days later, the US left Bagram airfield at night without telling new commander.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/bagram-afghanistan-airfield-us-troops-f3614828364f567593251aaaa167e623</ref>
==Mental competence==
==Mental competence==