The district of Kurram, in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, has been under siege for the past three months due to the closure of the main Thal-Parachinar Road, a key route connecting the ...

At a mine carved out of a mountainside in Goshta in eastern Nangarhar province, jade is extracted to be used in jewellery. "The majority of our nephrite goes to China," said Habibrahman Kawal, ...

A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the Taliban authorities' push to capitalise on the country's rich ...