The Pentagon dubbed Afghanistan ‘the Saudi Arabia of lithium.’ Now, it is American rivals that are angling to exploit those coveted reserves. Miners work to extract gemstones including kunzite ...

Afghanistan’s mining industry operates with little oversight, making such deadly accidents alarmingly common. Workers often extract coal, marble, minerals, gold, and gemstones in rudimentary ...

Afghanistan has exported figs worth more than 165 million U.S. dollars over the past year, spokesman for the Ministry of ...

Fresh and dry fruits, handicrafts, hand-woven carpets, saffron, precious and semi-precious stones are the most popular products for export in Afghanistan, while the major import items were ...

Afghanistan's main export items include precious, semi-precious stones, cotton, medicinal plants, fresh and dried fruits including pine nuts, figs, apricots and sour cherry, carpets, saffron ...