Afghanistan is taking the exact pragmatic steps to realize this. Even the Google Gemini AI agrees. Their planning and foot steps is in the correct direction.
1. First thing is reaching agricultural food production surplus security and self-reliance on their own local products without needing any exports in regards to food. (In 2-3 years Afghanistan will reach the production capacity needed for local consumption and will become exporter. Since the IEA took over they have been solely focussing on this pragmatically to reach food production indepence which explains the large project called Qosh Tepa Canal man-made river systems and dams creating an entire sector of farms expanding hundreds of kilometers.
2. Miner training, purchasing of machinery and building mining machinery locally (This is a step IEA has been on since coming to power) and have already started digging into several mines without needing foreign workforce but only needs corridors which is why they have been focussed and spend alot of political lobbying for corridors in Central Asia, Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan and been heavily active in building roads and train corridors that interconnect all markets.
3. Getting out the Litihum, Iron, Copper and other minerals at will with only local workforce and in house build machinery will make this effortless for Kabul to bump the minerals into cash at will within the next 5 years. Which means their trajectory is irreversable at this point they are on the path of becoming the only wealthy nation in region.
All this comes down to pragmatic leadership that can plan ahead for decades if necessary and implement these projects stage by stage which is what they have done. God says if he wants good towards people he gives them good leadership but if he wishes harm upon them he gives them bad leadership.
AI-oversigt - Gemini
Afghanistan can become a wealthy nation by leveraging its vast untapped natural resources, particularly minerals like lithium, copper, and iron, alongside promoting agricultural development, strengthening the private sector, and fostering international cooperation. Sustained peace, good governance, and addressing corruption