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27 May 2021 - 17:00
KABUL (Pajhwok): A mining company has won excavation contract of a portion of a talc mine in eastern Nangarhar province after revocation of earlier small contracts but the fresh contractor could not start its operation in three years until the process was called off, Pajhwok Afghan News learned reliably.
The company, the contract of which was revoked for a second time and its three years wasted, claims that some beneficiaries disrupted the process but the Ministry of Mining and Petroleum (MoMP) argues the bidding process was announced canceled because transparency had not been ensured based on technical and legal problems.
75pc of mining sites controlled by militants and strongmen
Sun Online Desk
12th May, 2021 08:14:59
KABUL (Pajhwok): A table of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) shows that of 748 mining areas in different parts of Afghanistan, about 283 are controlled by the Taliban, 281 by government and the remaining by power full individuals.
The ministry collected information on nationwide mining sites. A source in MoMP provided Pajhwok Afghan News the table based on that information. He said this information was collected between 2018 and 2020.
The information contains the number of mineral areas, locations of mines, who control them and types of minerals. The table also identities the miners, but Pajhwok does not mention them for lack of clarity.
75 pc Afghan mining sites under Taliban, Strongmen control
11 May 2021, 19:55 GMT+10
Kabul [Afghanistan] May 11 (ANI): Around 75 per cent of total mining sites in Afghanistan are under the control of Taliban and local strongmen, leading to their dominance in the sector which has the potential to generate large government revenues in the country.
According to the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) of 748 mining areas in different parts of Afghanistan, about 283 are controlled by the Taliban, 281 by the government and the remaining by powerful individuals, Pajhwok News Agency reported.
Mining areas under government control are 139 in Kabul, 37 in Badakhshan, 24 in Farah, 19 in Logar, 13 in Khost, and 49 in 11 other provinces.