In hunt for gold, unemployed Afghans risk death and debt - Business - YAFTAL SUFLA, Afghanistan: Tearing off a piece of moldy flatbread, Homayon gulped tea in a brief reprieve from the din of the machines he and a dozen other men.
YAFTAL SUFLA (AFP) – Tearing off a piece of mouldy flatbread, Homayon gulped tea in a brief reprieve from the din of the machines he and a dozen other men were using to dig for gold on a mountainside in northeastern Afghanistan. The 30-year-old found little work as a mechanic in nearby Faizabad city, so […]
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