Not so long ago, Afghanistan was the Saudi Arabia of horses. But technological change led to its rapid decline.

At least 32 miners are trapped underground after a coal mine collapsed in northern Afghanistan, provincial officials ...

Representing Afghanistan in this milestone agreement, Mansour Ahmandzai, director of the Afghan Association of Industries and ...

About 35 miners were trapped under the rubble of a coal mine in Afghanistan's Samangan province, local officials said on ...

Rescuers with excavators had been working to open an entrance to the mine since early morning, succeeding after nightfall on ...

A 2017-18 report from the U.S. Geological Survey notes Afghanistan has deposits of spodumene, a lithium-bearing mineral, but does not provide tonnage estimates, while the 2019 Afghan report makes ...

The Pentagon dubbed Afghanistan ‘the Saudi Arabia of lithium.’ Now, it is American rivals that are angling to exploit those coveted reserves. Miners work to extract gemstones including kunzite ...

On Sunday, rescuers successfully freed 22 miners who had been trapped for hours in a collapsed coal mine in northern ...

Afghanistan does have substantial mineral resources, but the political situation has impeded their exploitation. The aid dependency is striking. In 2019, World Bank figures show development aid ...

Afghanistan is known for its vast mineral deposits, including lithium which is needed for batteries for the green transition ...