The United States has surprised many by committing $1.25 billion to one of Pakistan’s most unstable regions, Balochistan. The investment, facilitated through the US Export-Import Bank, comes shortly after Pakistan’s army chief General Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met US President Donald Trump at the White House, where they presented what they claimed were rare earth mineral samples from Pakistan. The deal has raised questions about whether Washington is entering a dangerous gamble in a region where foreign investments have repeatedly failed due to insurgency and killings. Why the US is interested in Reko Diq

The US move ties directly to the copper and gold reserves at Reko Diq in Balochistan’s Chagai district. The site is strategically located near Iran and Afghanistan and

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