The Taliban's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum says it has signed a contract with Abdul Basir Mohammadi Afghan, a private company, to extract gold from the Shul Darreh and Warchi areas of Chahab district of Takhar province. The contract was signed for 10 years and worth $89.64 million, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Hedayatullah Badri, the Taliban's minister of mines and petroleum, said the contract was signed "at a 40 percent royalt…
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The Taliban's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum says it has signed a contract with Abdul Basir Mohammadi Afghan, a private company, to extract gold from the Shul Darreh and Warchi areas of Chahab district of Takhar province. The contract was signed for 10 years and worth $89.64 million, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Hedayatullah Badri, the Taliban's minister of mines and petroleum, said the contract was signed "at a 40 percent royalt…