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Laghman: Illegal sand, rock mining stopped after Pajhwok report

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MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): The provincial Mines Department of eastern Laghman province says unauthorized extraction of sand and rocks has been stopped in the province and a contract for their legal extraction would be signed soon.

On March 27, Pajhwok Afghan News in a report revealed that a company continued to receive money from sand and rock mining in Laghman despite the end of its contract in May, 2017.

Najibullah Attayee, head of Laghman’s mines department, told Pajhwok Afghan News the illegal charges on rock and sand mining had been stopped and no one would be . . .

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