KABUL (Pajhwok): Security forces have thwarted the smuggling of more than 1,000 kilograms of precious stones in the Torkham town of eastern Nangarhar province.
Ahmad Wali Haqmal, spokesman for the Ministry of Finance, tweeted that the precious stones included 97.50 kilograms of lithium and 930 kilograms of nephrites.
According to Haqmal, the security forces frustrated the smuggling attempt in Torkham on Saturday.
However, he did not say where the precious stones, seized near the Durand Line, were being smuggled.
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