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Plundering Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth: Global Silence and Environmental Destruction

4th June, 2025 · admin

8am: Afghanistan is a land rich in underground resources—an abundance that, in terms of value and diversity, could form the backbone of its national economy and lay the foundation for sustainable development. However, rather than being utilized through a development-oriented framework, these assets have increasingly been subject to systematic looting and unregulated extraction in recent

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News, Taliban | Tags: Illegal Mining, Taliban looting resources |
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Dozens in Takhar protest what they call looting of gold mines

10th February, 2025 · admin

Amu:  Dozens of residents in Takhar province staged protests against what they call the plundering of gold reserves in the Chah Ab district. The protests that started Sunday and continued into Monday called for addressing the issue by relevant institutions. Sources told Amu TV that companies operating in the region appear to be engaged in

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Posted in Economic News | Tags: Gold, Illegal Mining, Takhar |
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Taliban generate nearly $100 million from mines in one year

4th January, 2025 · admin

Amu: Afghanistan’s vast mineral wealth, which includes copper, lithium, and rare earth elements, has long been viewed as a potential driver of economic growth. However, the secrecy surrounding mining revenues under Taliban rule has raised fears of resource mismanagement. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Corruption, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Illegal Mining, Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
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Plundering Mines by Taliban in Afghanistan: Consequences and Implications

1st January, 2025 · admin

8am: Top officials allot and divide mines among themselves, focusing on filling their pockets, and disregarding national resources and future generations. Remaining revenue funds terrorist plans, reinforcing the totalitarian and tribal regime, expanding terrorist activities in Afghanistan and the region, and even financing al-Qaeda and other terror groups. In return, al-Qaeda and other groups provide

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Illegal Mining, Taliban looting resources |
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Taliban Continue to Plunder Afghanistan’s Mines, Reaping Profits from Exclusive Contracts

13th November, 2024 · admin

8am: The Taliban continue to sign illegal contracts for the extraction and exploitation of Afghanistan’s mines. They now control the country’s natural resources—wealth that once funded their war efforts through illegal mining—and have gained increased opportunities for exploitation as their criminal economic networks expand. Recently, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs announced the launch

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Illegal Mining, Taliban looting resources |
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UN Deviating From Primary Mission, Say Taliban Opponents at Vienna Meeting

26th June, 2024 · admin

Afghanistan International: On the final day of the Vienna meeting, opponents of Taliban stated that setting the Doha meeting’s agenda according to the Taliban’s demands and the group’s unilateral participation indicates that the UN has deviated from its primary mission. In a declaration, they warned against any engagement and normalisation of relations between the international

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Posted in Anti-Taliban Resistance, Political News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Illegal Mining, Taliban looting resources |
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Taliban Issues Over 500 Licences For Emerald Mining In Panjshir

2nd June, 2024 · admin

Afghanistan International: Over the past two years, the Taliban has repeatedly auctioned Panjshir emeralds. Due to the economic crisis, the group has focused on extracting Afghanistan’s mines, a practice that Taliban opponents consider illegal due to the Taliban’s lack of legitimacy. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: emeralds, Illegal Mining, Panjshir, Taliban looting resources |
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Taliban and the Plundering of Mines: Companies and Countries Lack the Right to Contract Without a Legitimate Government

1st June, 2024 · admin

8am: In the nearly three years since the Taliban’s rise to power, they have significantly expanded the unregulated and illegal extraction of the country’s mineral resources. The group has announced that during this period, they have signed contracts for the extraction of over 150 small mines with domestic companies and 30 large mines with Chinese,

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Illegal Mining, Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
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The Taliban and National Resources of Afghanistan: From Unprofessional Monitoring to Illegal Contracts

1st October, 2023 · admin

8am: The relentless and unlawful mining activities by the Taliban have raised concerns among the citizens. Some residents of the country assert that no government or company should sign extraction contracts with an illegitimate and irresponsible regime regarding Afghanistan’s underground resources. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Illegal Mining, Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
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Afghanistan’s $6.5bn mine deals with China, others dig up questions

17th September, 2023 · admin

NIKKEI: …Afghan mining ministry lacks the technical and other capacity to manage and oversee such contracts, warning this could lead to a grim outlook of “corruption, mismanagement and environmental disasters. “Taliban factions in Takhar have at times engaged in violent confrontations over control of valuable resources. Media reports said the Taliban leadership last month replaced

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Corruption, Economic News, Ethnic Issues, Taliban | Tags: Ethnic descrimination, Illegal Mining, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun Taliban, Takhar, Taliban looting resources |
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