PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Local officials in northern Baghlan province on Thursday acknowledged that armed men from the Hezb-i-Islami (HIA), led by Gulbadin Hikmatyar, were in control of Karkar and Dudkash coalmines over the past one month.
Site engineer, Mohammad Nasim, told Pajhwok Afghan News the two mines were national assets but currently the coal excavation had been stopped because the two mines were under control of HIA commander Mirwais for the past one month.
“If the Afghan Coal Company which inks coal . . .
