Video: Dispatch from Afghanistan: How is the Taliban making millions? Turning to untapped coal mines and coveted mineral deposits amid a surge in demand from Ukraine War
Video: Dispatch from Afghanistan: How is the Taliban making millions? Turning to untapped coal mines and coveted mineral deposits amid a surge in demand from Ukraine War
holliesmckay.substack.com
“Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.” -Malcolm Forbes KABUL, Afghanistan – Swerving through the stuffed streets of Kabul – saturated with the morning scent of diesel and fresh bread – shimmering mounds emerge in the early light as we move toward the Deh Sabz district. Those silver-tinted mounds are poured into trucks, brimming with Afghanistan’s increasingly prized possession: coal.
Video: Dispatch from Afghanistan: How is the Taliban making millions? Turning to untapped coal mines and coveted mineral deposits amid a surge in demand from Ukraine War
Video: Dispatch from Afghanistan: How is the…
Video: Dispatch from Afghanistan: How is the Taliban making millions? Turning to untapped coal mines and coveted mineral deposits amid a surge in demand from Ukraine War
“Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.” -Malcolm Forbes KABUL, Afghanistan – Swerving through the stuffed streets of Kabul – saturated with the morning scent of diesel and fresh bread – shimmering mounds emerge in the early light as we move toward the Deh Sabz district. Those silver-tinted mounds are poured into trucks, brimming with Afghanistan’s increasingly prized possession: coal.