The Panjshir Directorate of Mines and Petroleum has announced that it has collected 11 million Afghanis in revenue since the beginning of the current year, which has been deposited into the state treasury.
The Director of Mines and Petroleum in Panjshir told Bakhtar News Agency that most of this revenue was generated through the sale of emeralds.
According to him, the revenue was earned from the sale of 17,854 carats of emeralds through five rounds of bidding, with a total value exceeding 1.113 million US dollars.
The director emphasized that the legal extraction and sale of emeralds has not only ensured transparency but has also become a significant source of increasing national revenue in the