Afghanistan is a country with high mineral wealth, boasting reserves of topaz, rubies and emeralds, amongst others. The oldest, and probably best known, gemstone mined there however, is lapis ...

Discover the history and properties of lapis lazuli, a stunning blue rock prized for its color and gemstone uses.

Modern Mining and Usage of Lapis Lazuli Lapis lazuli continues to be mined in Afghanistan's Badakhshan region, where extraction remains challenging despite advances in mining techniques.

after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, and people began returning to previously conflict-affected areas which were still heavily contaminated with improvised mines and remnants of war. That year ...

Zahida’s tragedy is unfortunately just one of many in Afghanistan, which remains among the countries most contaminated by mines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and abandoned improvised explosive devices.

Young boys are the most frequent casualties of explosive ordnance in Afghanistan ... Watch our PSA on mine awareness - in Pashto with English subtitles Our third PSA in the series asks what ...