(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) KABUL: The ministry of mines and petroleum said on Monday
that it has drafted a mutual strategy with the ministry of commerce and industries
to form the process of marble producing and exporting.
Abdul Qadir Motfi, spokesman of the ministry of mines and
petroleum said that the strategy would pave the ground for the domestic and
foreign traders to invest on marble producing and exporting.
He said that the chamber of commerce and industries was also
part of shaping the strategy.
Afghanistan possesses more than 1.3 billion tons of marble
with the worth of over 15 billion dollars.
123 companies have so far invested 60 million dollars in
marble project in Afghanistan.
Armed opposition groups and powerful people are illegally
extracting and smuggling natural sources to neighboring countries especially to
Pakistan.
Illegal and unprofessional mine extraction sometimes claim
the lives of people. 30 miners recently died in a gold mine collapse in
Badakhshan province.
Economic analysts say that such strategies would not be useful
if the government does not protect and pay attention over mines in the rural.
Economic analyst Saifuddin Saihoon said that the marbles
mines have been located in the part of the country where the government has no
influences to implement these strategies.
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