INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
For the first time the Chamber of Industries and Mines, as well as a center for processing and selling gem stones and minerals have been
established in Badakhshan province.During his visit to Badakhshan province, the acting Minister of Economy inaugurated the new chamber and
the gem stone center.The purpose of establishing this center is to process precious and semi-precious stones for sale on the national and
international markets.The acting minister of economy, Din Mohammad Hanif, said at the opening of the center that although millions of
dollars had flowed into Afghanistan in recent years, no basic work had been done to make Afghanistan self sufficient.Hanif said billions of
dollars had been spent in recent years, but added that aid has not been effective in rescuing Afghanistan from financial dependence. One
example of this was that Afghanistan pays other countries $340 million for electricity. &One is the opening of the Chamber of Industries
and Mines, and second is the opening of the processing center, and we take this as a good omen, and the Badakhshan that you see is really
hopeful, and we have to move forward step by step,& said Hanif.The executive director of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce says that
Badakhshan has a huge assortment of gem stones and natural minerals, which will be processed through the new center and sold on both
domestic and international markets. &Badakhshan is one of the richest provinces in the world
In the past, people knew little about Badakhshan
Badakhshan has ruby and lapis lazuli, but you should know that in Badakhshan there are more expensive things which other countries do not
have,& said Rahimullah Samandar, executive director of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce.Residents of Badakhshan also hope that the
establishment of this center and the extraction of natural resources, especially precious stones, will provide them with jobs and
employment.The post Gem stone and minerals processing center opens in Badakhshan first appeared on Ariana News.
