In Afghanistan's Panjshir Province, former police officers and soldiers scrape together a living by digging emeralds out of the frigid Hindu Kush Mountains. The gem-rich Hindu Kush Mountains flank the ...
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Cash-keen Taliban betting on Afghanistan's mines
GOSHTA: A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the Taliban authorities' push to capitalise on the country's rich ...
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 ...
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