Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban have signed deals with numerous investors to mine gemstones, gold, copper and ...

A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of ...

But New Delhi is unlikely break with international and domestic consensus on the Taliban’s exclusionary treatment of women ...

After a change in leadership this summer, the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum seems intent on boosting production at existing concessions, improving the competitiveness of Afghan minerals in ...

Afghanistan's rocky landscape contains underground minerals estimated to be worth a trillion dollars - Copyright AFP Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN Afghanistan's rocky landscape ...