KABUL members on Saturday accused government officials of their complicity in the smuggling of historic artifacts from the Mes Ainak site in central Logar province. But government officials rejected the claim.
A $3 billion contract was inked between the Afghan government and China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC), a Chinese state-owned enterprise, back in 2008 on developing the Mes Ainak copper mine.
During the extraction process, thousands of stones and clay idols, gold coins, wood and metal were recovered. Initial excavations of the historic objects were . . .
