{"id":9795,"date":"2026-06-09T22:03:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/news\/talibans-emerald-sales-raise-alarm-over-resource-management-in-panjshir\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T22:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:51:56","slug":"talibans-emerald-sales-raise-alarm-over-resource-management-in-panjshir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/picture\/talibans-emerald-sales-raise-alarm-over-resource-management-in-panjshir\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban&#8217;s Emerald Sales Raise Alarm Over Resource Management in Panjshir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Officials from the Taliban in Panjshir Province have announced that since the beginning of the fiscal year 1405 (2023), nearly 20,000 carats of emeralds from the region have been sold through auctions, generating over $424,000.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-149919\" src=\"https:\/\/media.ariananews.co\/images\/2026\/06\/\u0632\u0645\u0631\u062f-\u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0646-825x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the Taliban label this initiative as part of their campaign to exploit the country&#8217;s mineral resources, the extraction and sale of these minerals have sparked a wave of sharp criticism. 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