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SIGAR finds Taliban income mainly generated through illicit dealings

5th April, 2021 · admin

Ariana: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a report that the primary sources of income for the Taliban are narcotics, illicit mining, and other illegal activities. The report also notes that the Taliban now controls all aspects of narcotics production, which likely indicates that their total revenues are even higher. Click

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Illegal Mining |
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Taliban’s Expanding ‘Financial Power’ Could Make It ‘Impervious’ To Pressure, Confidential NATO Report Warns

17th September, 2020 · admin · 17 Comments

By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 16, 2020 The Taliban’s burgeoning financial might could make the militant group immune to pressure from the international community as it negotiates a role in postwar Afghanistan, according to a confidential report commissioned by NATO and obtained by RFE/RL. The Taliban “has achieved, or is close to achieving,

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Drugs, Economic News, Haqqani Network, NATO-Afghanistan, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Hibatullah Akhundzada, Illegal Mining, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, Mullah Omar, Pakistan takeover of Afghanistan via Taliban, Taliban - Pakistani asset |
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Illegal mining costs Afghanistan millions annually: UN

25th August, 2020 · admin · 2 Comments

AA: In its latest National Human Development Report on mineral extraction in Afghanistan, the UN Development Program said the war-ravaged country could have collected over $100 million from minerals in royalties and export duties alone on a yearly basis. It said control of mineral extraction by insurgent groups such as the Taliban and Daesh/ISIS as

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Posted in Economic News, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Illegal Mining |
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Study: Taliban, IS Profit From Illegal Mining of Afghan Talc

23rd May, 2018 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News May 22, 2018 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — A new report Tuesday said Islamic State, the Taliban and corrupt power brokers in Afghanistan are making hundreds of thousands of dollars from illegal and abusive mining of talc, almost 80 percent of which is ending up in the United States and Europe. Earnings from illegal

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Posted in Economic News, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Illegal Mining, Natural Resources, Talc |
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As Afghanistan’s Mining Race Stalls, the Taliban and ISIS Tap Into Illegal Mines

5th January, 2018 · admin

WPR: Illegal mining has become so integral to the Taliban’s shadow government that it has established a fully functioning mining department, known as the Dabaro Comisyoon or “Stones Commission,” to manage the taxation of extracted minerals and ores. It even issues “official” Taliban-sanctioned mining licenses. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Corruption, Economic News, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Illegal Mining |
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Report: Militant Groups in Afghanistan Get Rich Off Mineral Smuggling

2nd February, 2017 · admin

Noor Zahid VOA News February 1, 2017 The smuggling of Afghan minerals supplies millions of dollars to armed groups, insurgents and strongmen in the country, an Afghan anti-corruption watchdog reported Wednesday. The Afghanistan Anti-Corruption Network said in a report that militant groups last year received at least $46 million from minerals and precious stones illegally

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Posted in Corruption, Economic News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Illegal Mining, Nangarhar |
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Concerns Raised Over Illegal Mining In Badakhshan

25th January, 2017 · admin

Tolo News: Badakhshan’s mining and petroleum department on Wednesday raised concerns over the illegal extraction of gold and lapis lazuli by insurgents in the province.  Badakhshan’s mining director Mohammad Akbar Anwari, who raised the matter, said terrorists and groups of armed men have accelerated the extraction of gold from mines in Raghistan district and lapis in

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Posted in Economic News | Tags: Badakhshan, Gold, Illegal Mining, lapis |
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Mining of lapiz lazuli comes to near-standstill

18th December, 2016 · admin

Scroll.in: A recent investigation by Global Witness, an international non-governmental organisation working on corruption, conflict and natural resources, claimed mining of the precious stone in this remote region is funding illegal armed groups and driving extremism and corruption. But mining has now come to a virtual standstill. The Afghan government has cut off transport of what

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Posted in Economic News | Tags: Illegal Mining, lapis |
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Illegal mining, weak government help Taliban expand in Afghan north

7th November, 2016 · admin

Reuters: Afghan Taliban militants have strengthened their grip on lucrative illegal mining operations in the north of the country, as security forces focus most of their efforts on battling the insurgency in the volatile south, officials said. Abuses by local commanders with private militias and beyond the purview of central government have also driven people into

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Posted in Corruption, Economic News, Security, Taliban | Tags: Badakhshan, Illegal Mining |
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Illegal mining for Chinese market fuels Taliban in Afghanistan

4th July, 2016 · admin

China Dialogue: For 6,500 years Afghanistan has been famous for the brilliant blue lapis lazuli, coveted by everybody from the Egyptian pharaohs to the common jewellers of today. These days mining of the precious stone is funding illegal armed groups and driving extremism and corruption in the northern province of Badakhshan, a two-year investigation by Global Witness,

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News, Security, Taliban | Tags: Badakhshan, Illegal Mining, lapis |

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