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).
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,
8am: The Taliban propaganda machine continuously talks about corruption in the previous government and portrays officials of the republic era as hedonistic, extravagant individuals indifferent to the suffering of the people. The reality is that the Taliban do not differ much from the officials of the previous regime in this regard. Perhaps the only difference
Tolo News: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said that, they will issue extraction licenses of precious stones in several provinces in the near future. The spokesperson for the ministry told TOLOnews that in the near future, licenses for the extraction of precious stones, including rubies, lapis lazuli, and beryl, will be issued in
FP: A drug kingpin whose heroin empire helped fund the Taliban’s long war in Afghanistan—and who was released early from a U.S. prison in a trade for an American hostage—has now gone into business with China. Bashir Noorzai, a close friend of the extremists’ supreme leader, has set up murky joint-venture deals with Chinese firms
By Akmal Dawi VOA News February 6, 2024 A Chinese energy company’s investment of $49 million in Afghanistan’s oil production has helped boost the country’s daily crude oil output to more than 1,100 metric tons, but the funding is just one-third of what Beijing originally pledged. One year ago, China’s Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas
Ariana: Mohammad Qasim Amiri, the head of the Mines and Petroleum Department in Panjshir said the deposits were found in Parian district. Amiri stated that approximately 1,250 emerald deposits have now been identified in the province. Since the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] took control of the country, local authorities in Panjshir have overseen the extraction and
Nikkei: Japanese ambassador to country met official in Qatar last month – The source at the Japanese embassy said that while the number of “explosions” in the country has been decreasing, it was not “easy to say” whether the situation is secure or stable. Faran Jeffery, deputy director and head of the South Asia terrorism
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).
By Abubakar Siddique September 23, 2023 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty The Taliban has been celebrating since the Islamist group that rules Afghanistan signed seven mining contracts promising to attract more than $6.5 billion in investments late last month. But experts are skeptical about whether the contracts, signed on August 31 with Afghan-based companies aligned with foreign