Lapis lazuli, valued like gold, has a rich 6,000-year history. Its primary source is Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, where ancient mines in Sar-e-Sang have been producing the brilliant blue stone ...

Americans consumed a record number of dairy products in 2023, signaling that there’s room for both traditional products and innovative offerings within the sector.

A tragic incident in the village of Gulistan, located in the Yaftal Payan district of Badakhshan province, has left one worker dead following the collapse of a gold mine, local officials reported on ...

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A gold miner lost his life, and two others were injured as a tunnel of a gold mine collapsed in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Wednesday, ...

Fidai Rahmati is the editor and content writer for Khaama Press. You may follow him at Twitter @FidelRahmati The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent ten metric tons of medicine to health centers ...

6 (Xinhua) -- A gold miner lost his life, and two others were injured as a tunnel of a gold mine collapsed in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Wednesday, provincial police spokesman ...

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Shakoofa Khalili was waiting for her husband to return home with bread from the market when she heard their eight-year-old daughter scream from the balcony. The girl had ...

How is it used? Lapis lazuli is mined even today. Its primary source remains the Badakhshan region in northeastern Afghanistan, where it has been mined for thousands of years. The process remains ...

There are about 300 active poultry farms in northeastern Badakhshan province, which on average produce 56 tons of chicken daily, local officials said on Wednesday . . .