The nation's natural resources include gold, silver, copper, zinc, and iron ore in the Southeast; precious and semi-precious stones (such as lapis, emerald, and azure) in the Northeast; and potentially significant petroleum and natural gas reserves in the North. The country also has uranium, coal, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, and salt.[41][42][43][44] It was revealed in 2010 that the country has about $1–3 trillion in untapped mineral deposits.[45][46]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan#Geography

@Daniel:
Jews are not Muslims and they hate and kill Muslims and Islam, I am sure Afghanis welcome their Muslim brothers that the murderous bombing West.

If they Afghanistan join Pakistan than they would be powerful and wont be bullied by the foreign invading robbing forces.
There are millions of Afghani refugees in Pakistan too, why not join and be a country.