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Chinese Investment in Afghanistan’s Mining Sector: Samples Collected From Lithium and Gold Mines in Ghazni

13th January, 2023 · admin

8am: Speculations have mounted that China will seek dominance over Afghanistan’s mineral resources, particularly its lithium, gold and other rare-earth ore deposits, following the final US withdrawal from the country in August 2021. Local sources said on Thursday, January 12, that experts from two Chinese firms have visited Ghazni province for technical studies of lithium

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Ghazni, Lithium, Mining, Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
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Taliban (IEA) Minister Signs Extraction Contract of Amu Oil Field With Chinese Company

5th January, 2023 · admin

Khaama: The area of this contract is estimated 4500 square kilometers, scattered in the country’s three northern provinces including Saripul, Jawzjan and Faryab. In the contract, it is stated that Afghanistan’s share is 20 percent at present, and it will reach up to 75 percent in the future. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
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Pakistan robbing cultural heritage of Afghanistan

17th December, 2022 · admin

ANI: Pakistani agents are robbing Afghanistan of its cultural heritage by smuggling ancient idols and other artifacts from the war-torn country, reported the Afghan Diaspora Network. The smuggling is done by a global racket of smugglers who are facilitated by local Afghan officials. Major support to the crime is provided by actors working from the

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Posted in Art and Culture, Corruption, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban looting resources |
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The world needs chromite and lithium. Afghanistan has them. What happens next?

4th November, 2022 · admin

LA Times: Jawed Noorani, an Afghan mining expert, estimated that the Taliban was collecting more than $1 billion a year in taxes on minerals. Mansfield said the regime has also doubled coal exports to Pakistan this year compared with the year before, taking advantage of a spike in prices because of the war in Ukraine.

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Chromite in Afghanistan, Lithium, Mining, Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
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250 companies submit bids for iron, lead mines in Afghanistan

16th September, 2022 · admin

Ariana: [Taliban] Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said this week that 250 domestic and foreign firms have submitted their bids for the iron mine in Herat and lead mine in Ghor province. Esmatullah Burhan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, said that it is evaluating the bids and will soon announce

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Ghor, Herat, Mining, Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
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Back to black: What Afghanistan’s new focus on coal tells us

18th August, 2022 · admin

openDemocracy: The Afghan official told openDemocracy that the country’s mines are “labour intensive, don’t use high technology and machinery and only provide risky work, without safeguards or insurance”. “But,” they added, explaining how such mines continue to find willing workers, “so many Afghans are starving, they don’t even care about their own life”. Click here

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Coal Mining in Afghanistan, Taliban looting resources |
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The Taliban’s black gold: militants seize on coal to reboot economy

4th August, 2022 · admin

FT: As Afghanistan battles economic crisis Islamists increase exports to generate revenue with the help of child labour Dozens of men and boys, covered head to toe in coal dust, stream in and out of the mine shafts bored deep into a mountain in northern Afghanistan…  Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News, Environmental News, Taliban | Tags: Child Labor, Coal Mining in Afghanistan, Taliban looting resources |
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Ministry of mines reports AFN 13.2 billion in revenue generated in one year

3rd August, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Speaking at a press conference as part of the new ministerial accountability program, Shahabuddin Delawar, acting minister of mines and petroleum, said that the ministry signed contracts for the extraction of 158 small mines over the past year. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Mining, Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
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Taliban Again Raise Coal Prices Amid Booming Exports to Pakistan

16th July, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News July 16, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s cash-strapped Taliban government has tripled prices for coal in less than a month to raise revenue from its mining sector amid a lack of direct foreign funding and booming coal exports to neighboring Pakistan. The spokesman for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum in Kabul, Esmatullah

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Posted in Economic News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Coal Mining in Afghanistan, Taliban looting resources |
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Cash-Strapped Taliban ‘Exploiting’ Afghanistan’s Natural Resources To Boost Revenue

16th July, 2022 · admin

Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 15, 2022 Cash-strapped and cut off from international aid, the Taliban-led government is tapping into Afghanistan’s natural resources to boost revenue. Since the Taliban toppled the Western-backed government in Kabul and seized power in August 2021, the export of and custom duties from coal have become a key

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Posted in Economic News, Ethnic Issues, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Coal Mining in Afghanistan, Illegal Mining, Mehdi Mujahid, Taliban infighting, Taliban looting resources |
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