The Taliban Is Building Something Massive… And No One Is Stopping Them

The Taliban just shocked the world with a wave of mega-projects unlike anything Afghanistan has ever seen. While most people think of the Taliban only in terms of conflict, the reality on the ground is far more complicated—and far more powerful. They are now building canals, dams, railways, pipelines, entire cities, and even reviving trillion-dollar mineral deals.

In this video, we break down how the Taliban is reshaping Afghanistan using water, energy, geography, and minerals—and why every major power, including China, is quietly paying attention.

The story begins with the Kosh Tepa Canal, the largest earthwork canal project in Asia. This 115-meter-wide engineering giant will divert nearly 20% of the Amu Darya River, potentially transforming 550,000 hectares of desert into farmland—while terrifying every country downstream.

But that’s only the start.

The Taliban is restarting dam construction across the Helmand and Farah Rivers, pushing forward with the Bakshabad Dam, and launching one of the largest urban megaprojects in the region: Kabul New City, a 722-square-kilometer metropolis designed for 3 million people with tens of thousands of new housing units already under construction.

Then comes geopolitics.
In 2025, China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan signed a major agreement to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) directly into Afghanistan—a move that opens the door to trillions of dollars in mineral access and brand-new transport routes.

Add to that the Trans-Afghan Railway, the Khaf–Herat rail connection, the revived TAPI natural gas pipeline, and the restarted CASA-1000 electricity project, and something becomes clear:

Afghanistan is positioning itself as a regional crossroads, a country the world can no longer afford to ignore.

And behind it all are the untapped mineral reserves—worth trillions—including lithium, copper, iron, gold, and rare earth elements. The Taliban is already earning billions from mining revenue and reinvesting into megaprojects like the rebuilt Salang Tunnel, one of the most dangerous tunnels on Earth.

For the first time in decades, Afghanistan is not just reacting to global events…
It’s shaping them.

Watch till the end to understand the full scale of what’s coming—and why these projects could either transform Afghanistan into a regional powerhouse or trigger new conflicts across Central and South Asia.

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