Forty people are killed in a gold mine collapse in Badakhshan province, in northern Afghanistan.

Mining in Afghanistan

Mining in Afghanistan is controlled by the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum in Kabul, which has offices in different parts of the country. Afghanistan has over 1,400 mineral fields, containing barite, chromite, coal, copper, gold, iron ore, lead, natural gas, petroleum, precious…

Badakhshan Province

Province of Afghanistan

Badakhshan is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan in the north and the Pakistani regions of Lower and Upper Chitral, as well as Gilgit-Baltistan in the southeast. The province…

January 6

Day of the year

January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year.