A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of ...

"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." ...

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 ...

A landmine clearance charity will be given £7 million to continue its “life-saving” work in Ukraine and Afghanistan. The UK Government cash for the Hazardous Area Life-support Organisation ...

The war-torn Afghanistan is one of the most landmine-contaminated countries in the world with dozens of people, mostly children, being killed or maimed every month due to the blasts of explosive ...