Afghanistan is one of the poorest nations in the world. Yet the mountains blanketing this central Asian nation hide one of the world's biggest treasure chests. There are gemstones, precious metals, ...

Goshta (Afghanistan) (AFP) – 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 ...

ASADABAD, Afghanistan -- Illegal mining of precious stones in an eastern Afghan province is depriving its impoverished residents of resources and their country of much-needed revenue. Residents of ...

Tragedy struck six-year-old Zahida in September 2024, when she picked up an object she didn’t recognize as she was gathering firewood near her home in Andar, Ghazni Province. As other children tried ...

"GeoVision is basically a colored gem house through which gems are imported and exported. We also teach mining in Afghanistan and Central Asia as a side project. We've just started in Tajikistan, but ...