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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 8748952" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49984000/jpg/_49984097_49984096.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Afghan archaeologists say  they are racing against time to salvage a major 7th Century religious  site unearthed along the famous Silk Road.         They have warned that the 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery will be largely destroyed once work at a mine begins.         A Chinese company is eager to develop what they say is the  world's second-biggest unexploited copper mine which lies beneath the  ruins at the site.         The site is located at Mes Aynak, in the eastern province of Logar.         Archaeologists fear that the monastery - complete with domed  shrines known as stupas - will probably be largely destroyed once work  at the mine begins.Correspondents say that the mine is the centrepiece of China's drive  to invest in Afghanistan, as Kabul tries to re-energise an economy still  blighted by the ongoing war. <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49984000/jpg/_49984100_49984099.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />         Beijing's $3.5bn ($2.2bn) stake in the mine is believed to be  one of the largest foreign investments in Afghanistan by far and means  that China has a head start when it comes to negotiating future deals to  exploit the country's largely untapped mineral wealth, including iron,  gold and cobalt.          Correspondents say that the Afghan government stands to reap a  potential $1.2bn (£755m) a year in revenue from the mine, as well as  create much-needed jobs.<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11757639" target="_blank">bbc</a></blockquote>

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