GOSHTA: A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is ...
Pakistan, Jan. 13 -- Recent accounts of Afghanistan's war driven economy point to an alarming reality. Control over mineral resources has become a means of coercion and financing for violent groups, ...
The largely hidden gold rush in Badakhshan poses considerable risks to Afghans, and others living downstream in Central Asia.
Recent accounts of Afghanistan’s war driven economy point to an alarming reality. Control over mineral resources has become a means of coercion and financing for violent groups, creating anxiety ...
Afghanistan's rocky landscape contains underground minerals estimated to be worth a trillion dollars - Copyright AFP Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN Afghanistan's rocky landscape ...
A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the Taliban authorities' push to capitalise on the country's rich mineral ...
"In a place like Afghanistan, where there's very little experience with mining and very few, if any, regulations for mining, that's an advantage to companies coming in," said geophysicist David ...