The Taliban government is counting on Afghanistan’s bountiful gemstone and mineral resources after the loss of billions of ...

Construction work on the Sheberghan to Mazar-i-Sharif gas pipeline in Afghanistan, part of the larger TAPI initiative, in Dec. 2023. Credit: Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, Afghanistan As the ...

citing Afghanistan's Mines and Petroleum Industry Ministry representative Homayoun Afghan. "The TAPI project is currently being implemented according to plan, with 2.9 kilometers of the pipeline ...

Rescuers on Sunday freed 22 miners who had been trapped for hours in a collapsed coal mine in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said, with no serious injuries reported. Representative ...

Taliban security officials in Eastern Afghanistan, Nuristan province report that a mine explosion in the province has resulted in one miner’s death and another being injured.

Former Taliban fighters are tracking down their own bombs and helping to remove them from Afghanistan’s roadsides. Ex-Taliban ...

Pakistani officials say militants ambushed a vehicle in the restive northwest and abducted 16 laborers working on a mining ...

Hoping to revive Afghanistan’s struggling economy, the Taliban is mining emeralds, gold and gemstones to get cash flowing.

Iron: Afghanistan has an estimated 2.2 billion tonnes of iron ore reserves, placing it among the top 10 countries for extractable iron. The Hajigak mine in Bamyan province contains 1.7 billion tonnes ...

Gold Star families who lost loved ones during the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan endorsed Pete ...

The Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says the remnants of explosions and landmines in Afghanistan continue to threaten civilians, especially children. Afghan ...