Taliban Sell Over Seven Thousand Carats of Panjshir Emeralds

The Taliban governor's spokesperson in Panjshir announced the sale of 7,234 carats of emeralds extracted from the province's mines. The emeralds were sold at auction for a total of 6,994,500 Afghanis. The gems were mined over the past two weeks from the Hes-e Awal Panjshir district. The Taliban collect a 10% tax on such sales, reportedly using resource revenues to fund their operations.

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