The Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of …

The swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban fighters has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with thousands trying to flee the country.

Six things to know about mine action in Afghanistan | OCHA

Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan

Data on more than 1000 Afghanistan deposits, mines, and occurrences were compiled from published literature and digital files of the project members of the National Industrial …

UNAMA fact sheet: Mine Action

In Afghanistan as many as 84 per cent of mine victims go into debt to pay for their treatment while one adult male in 10 has been involved in a mine incident. To …

Afghanistan: Unearthing hope from a legacy of mines | OCHA

However, Afghanistan's mine action sector is crippled by a severe funding shortfall. Of the 4.4 million people who need mine action services in 2023, only 14 per …

Factbox: What are Afghanistan's untapped minerals and …

A 2019 report by Afghanistan's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum put the country's copper resource at almost 30 million tonnes. An Afghan mining sector roadmap published by the ministry in the same year said there were another 28.5 million tonnes of copper in undiscovered porphyry deposits. That would bring the total cl…

How the Taliban took over Afghanistan's mines

Rahimullah Samandar, a former chief executive of the Afghanistan Chamber of Industries and Mines, recalls how the halls of the mining ministry overflowed …

Mine action in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover: Mine …

Mine action in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover: Humanitarian action, displacement, & IEDs. Policy implications and recommendations regarding principled …

Afghanistan: Mine Action

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