In a meeting in New York on Thursday, President Ashraf Ghani and US President Donald Trump agreed that US companies could help mine rare earth minerals in Afghanistan, the White House said in a statement.

In this episode of Tawde Khabare, host Zabi Sadat discusses the topic with the following guests:

• Ibrahim Jafari, a member of Natural Resources Monitoring Network

• Abdul Qadeer Mutfi, spokesman of Mines and Petroleum ministry

• Azarakhsh Hafizi, economic affairs analyst.

• Naqibullah Sahak, geology lecturer at polytechnic university