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

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 ...

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.

Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi and Zhao Xing, the Chinese Ambassador to Kabul, met on Tuesday and ...

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.