Rashid Mohammadi, a little-known veteran of former Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Massoud's inner circle, has led Afghanistan's emerald trade for a decade and now serves the post-Taliban ...
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan -- Residents and officials in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Badakhshan say the Taliban is raking in considerable revenues by taxing illegal gold mining in the remote ...
Afghanistan's rocky landscape contains underground minerals estimated to be worth a trillion dollars - Copyright AFP Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN Afghanistan's rocky landscape ...
PANJSHIR VALLEY, Afghanistan -- It has been dubbed Afghanistan's Green Zone: A pocket of paradise amid the bloody, conflict-ravaged country -- both a hidden gem and full of gems. Specifically, they ...
After a fragile 48-hour ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan expired on Friday evening both sides decided to extend the ...
When you hear 'Afghanistan,' your first mental correlation probably isn't 'luxury gemstones.' What many don't know is that north of Kabul, Afghanistan, lays a region rich in emerald mines. SEE ALSO: ...
Afghanistan’s transition out of war is not shaping up to be very peaceful. Every day seems to bring another militant attack and more civilian lives lost as Afghan forces struggle to take over security ...
What would a person risk to seize a ruby the size of a golf ball? Or two glistening kunzites – 405 carats total – sold to a friend of England s queen? Gary W. Bowersox ducks rocket attacks, boards ...
Last August, the Trump administration authorized a military escalation in Afghanistan in the hopes of bringing the Muslim Taliban insurgency to its knees. No one actually believes that the insurgency, ...