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Cash-keen Taliban betting on Afghanistan's mines
A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of ...
Taliban wants mining boom to fill coffers, China swoops in on chance to profit at the cost of environment
Chinese firms have secured at least three major contracts in gold and copper mining. Every dollar they don’t spend in ...
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1 miner killed, 2 injured as tunnel of gold mine caves in N. Afghanistan
A gold miner lost his life, and two others were injured as a tunnel of a gold mine collapsed in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Wednesday, provincial police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar ...
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Cash-keen Taliban betting on Afghanistan's mines
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 ...