ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Nearly 13 million afghanis revenue has been collected from the extraction of precious and semi-precious stones in eastern Kunar province and deposited to the state treasury.
Maulvi Najibullah Hanif, director of information and culture of Kunar, told Pajhwok Afghan News the stones were extracted in Khas Kunar, Manogi and Chapa Dara districts.
He said the government full supervised all mines of precious and semi-precious stones and illegal mining and smuggling had been prevented.
He asked businessmen to play their role in increasing the country’s revenue and invest in various sectors including mining.
Residents of Kunar . . .
