Afghanistan's famous lapis mines funding the Taliban and …
A new investigation today reveals how Afghanistan's 6,500 year old lapis mines are driving corruption, conflict and extremism in the country. Global Witness has found that the Taliban and other armed groups are earning up to 20 million dollars per year from Afghanistan's lapis mines, the world's main source of the brilliant blue lapis lazuli …
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Afghanistan Is Sitting On A Gold Mine. Literally.
Output is unstable, with much of the supply existing only as a byproduct of zinc mining. And yet it's used to make the ubiquitous touchscreens found in smartphones, laptops, ATMs, car stereos ...
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Greed, Corruption and Danger: A Tarnished …
KABUL, Afghanistan — The local people called the militia's takeover of the giant lapis mine in northeastern Badakhshan Province a white coup — easy and bloodless.
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Afghanistan: Land Mines From Afghan-Soviet War Leave …
Willoughby says the Najibullah government laid new mines to protect its main supply routes and garrison towns before its collapse in 1992. ... Afghanistan is considered by mine experts to be one ...
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Biden's Clean Energy Program Loses Out on Afghan Lithium
In that case, mining would add to other environmental hazards—including water scarcity and air pollution–that the Afghan people face. China's Dominance of the Battery Supply Chain In 2019, Chinese chemical companies accounted for 80 percent of the world's total output of raw materials for advanced batteries.
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Mining green minerals with the Taliban: Addressing new …
In 2018, Afghanistan-based Silk Road Mining / سلک رود, and the government of Afghanistan, signed a development contract on the Shaida deposit (IM International Mining, 2018). The contract started with a 3-year exploration phase that was supposed to be followed by a 30-year exploitation phase ( Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, 2018a ).
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Afghanistan's mining sector under the Taliban | Afghan …
This report delves into the complex dynamics of the mining sector in Afghanistan under Taliban rule from August 2021 to February 2024. Afghan Witness conducted an in-depth analysis to provide an extensive overview of the evolving landscape of the mining industry, highlighting the Taliban's expanding economic involvement and …
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Afghanistan's Lithium Wealth Could Remain Elusive
The Afghanistan Ministry of Mines reports on its website that the country has been known as a source of precious stones and minerals for thousands of years. However, it was not until the 1800s ...
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How the Taliban took over Afghanistan's mines
In 2022 the FT found miners as young as eight working at a coal pit in northern Afghanistan, with no machinery or safety gear. The Taliban have become more …
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Afghanistan
IMPACT Since 1989, about 45,000 Afghan civilians have been recorded to have been killed or injured by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) averaging to around 110 people per month. Improvised mines …
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Biden's Afghanistan Crisis: Forfeiting U.S. Investment in
Afghanistan's coal mines, ... Besides holding significant deposits, the project has existing rail, roads, utilities and an established supplier network in a traditional mining area but is being held up by court and regulatory action despite having undergone more than a decade of thorough, public environmental reviews. ...
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"The War is Worth Waging": Afghanistan's Vast Reserves of …
The war on Afghanistan is a profit driven "resource war". The legal argument used by Washington and NATO to invade and occupy Afghanistan under "the doctrine of collective security" (Article 5 of the Washington Treaty) was that the September 11 2001 attacks constituted an undeclared "armed attack" "from abroad" by an unnamed …
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A Look at Afghanistan's Untapped Minerals, Resources
Returning to power in Afghanistan after a 20-year absence, the Taliban have regained control of natural resources that a former mines minister of the country once said could be worth up to $3 ...
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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Mines
in how the Afghan mining sector is managed, revenue generated and social and environmental protections in place. 2. APPLICATION ... infrastructure developments such as power generation and supply, roads and rail, and related support services. Government encourages the use of public-private partnerships to . National Mining Policy
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So What Happens To Afghanistan's Gems Now?
Like most of Afghanistan's gem sector, the country's emerald mines are mostly small-scale, with diggers using primitive tools. Most gems are sold outside of official channels. "Only about 5% of the mines are even registered," says Michael Peters, CEO of Panjshir Valley Emeralds, which sells responsibly sourced emeralds tracked by ...
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Afghan Miner
Welcome to Afghan MinersProfessional and multidisciplinary services for all aspects of mine developmentFrom exploration and feasibility through to design, transformation, contract negotiations, construction supervision, mine management, operational assistance and training. Afghan Miner specializes in providing technical due diligence of mining …
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Trove of EV metals in Afghanistan may boost Taliban and …
Miners work to extract gemstones including kunzite and tourmaline in a mine in the Parun Valley in Afghanistan's Nurestan province. In doing so, they unearth lithium-bearing ore.
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9 children dead after old land mine explodes in Afghanistan
An Afghan de-miner searches for land mines in the Zhari district of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. After a quarter century of war, Afghanistan is still littered with old land ...
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Afghanistan's Rare Earth Element Bonanza | Fraser Institute
After more than a decade of war and nation building, members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan are heading for the exits. Although what ISAF will leave behind is better than what was there in 2001, Afghanistan remains a battered land. However, the resources Afghanistan s land holds copper, cobalt, iron, barite, sulfur, …
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Afghanistan's Lithium Riches — More Mirage Than Windfall
Recent reports on lithium mining in Afghanistan led to claims that there will be a lithium rush in Afghanistan with significant consequences for the world-wide supply chain of the rare metal ever more sought after for its use in batteries. However, a closer look by the Swiss Institute for Global Affairs (SIGA) raises serious doubts about such …
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Will China control the mining industry in Afghanistan?
Having already invested in Afghanistan's mining sector during the last decade, the Chinese could come to control Afghanistan's critical raw materials (CRMs) if the security situation allows it. This would further strengthen Beijing's strategic control of global CRM supply chains, making the EU even more dependent on China to secure …
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Developing Afghanistan's mines will uplift Afghans
Simultaneously, the lead mine will ensure a consistent supply of raw materials for eight domestic battery-producing companies, potentially transforming …
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Factbox: What are Afghanistan's untapped minerals and resources?
Returning to power in Afghanistan after a 20-year absence, the Taliban have regained control of natural resources that a former mines minister of the country once said could be worth up to $3 ...
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Home | Ministry of Mines
Sheikh al-Hadith Shahabuddin Delawar, the Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, signed the contracts for Jagdalak-e Kabul, Ruby Mine, spanning an area of 6.895 square kilometers with. . . Read more about Contracts signed for two large mines valued at an investment of 33,490,444 million US dollars.
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The Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of …
It's also brought renewed focus on Afghanistan's vast untapped mineral wealth, resources that could transform its economic prospects if ever developed.
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Afghanistan has vast mineral wealth but faces steep …
A Chinese company built this mining camp at Mes Aynak in Afghanistan about 10 years ago to house workers for a planned copper mine that never began production. The people in the front were taking ...
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Lithium and an Unexpected Battle for Energy Transition in Afghanistan
A New Dawn for Afghanistan's Mes Aynak Copper Mine? By Catherine Putz With a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the start of work on an access road, the Taliban and China aim to get the Mes Aynak ...
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National Coal policy
The Constitution of Afghanistan (Ch.1, Article 9) states "Mines, underground resources are properties of the state. Protection, use, management, and mode of utilization of the public properties shall be regulated by law." The primary legislative basis for coal mine operations in Afghanistan is guided by the Mining Law including its
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As US exits Afghanistan, China eyes $1 trillion in minerals
When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the global economy looked a lot different: Tesla Inc. wasn't a company, the iPhone didn't exist and artificial intelligence was best known as a ...
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The Taliban say they have signed mining contracts worth …
Nangarhar has the highest number of mining contracts issued by the Taliban since August 2021. Widespread investment and corruption pre-Taliban takeover. …
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