"We want Afghanistan to be self-sufficient but there are obstacles," Humayoun Afghan, the spokesman for the Ministry of Mines, told AFP. "We have no experts, no infrastructure, no knowledge." ...

The UK Government cash for the Hazardous Area Life-support Organisation (Halo) Trust will enable the charity to make land safe ... with Halo to deliver mine action in Afghanistan and Ukraine ...

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 ...

"We want Afghanistan to be self-sufficient but there are obstacles," Humayoun Afghan, the spokesman for the Ministry of Mines, told AFP. "We have no experts, no infrastructure, no knowledge." ...

“We want Afghanistan to be self-sufficient but there are obstacles,” Humayoun Afghan, the spokesman for the Ministry of Mines, told AFP. “We have no experts, no infrastructure, no knowledge.