{"id":21898,"date":"2026-09-15T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/09\/15\/panjshir-emeralds-sold-for-over-16-million-afghanis\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:00:20","slug":"panjshir-emeralds-sold-for-over-16-million-afghanis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/09\/15\/panjshir-emeralds-sold-for-over-16-million-afghanis\/","title":{"rendered":"Panjshir Emeralds Sold for More Than 16 Million Afghanis in Raw Form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local officials in Panjshir have announced that emeralds from the province were sold at auction to domestic and international traders for 16.762 million Afghanis, highlighting the continued sale of one of the country\u2019s valuable stones in raw form.<\/p>\n<p>Saifuddin Laton, spokesman for the Panjshir provincial authorities, told Bakhtar News Agency that the auction was held with the participation of local traders and a number of international traders. According to him, the growing presence of foreign traders in Panjshir emerald auctions has further boosted the market for this precious stone.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the emeralds were sold in the presence of Panjshir\u2019s mines protection committee. The published text did not provide details on the exact quantity of emeralds sold, their type, or how the stones were processed or added value within the country.<\/p>\n<p>Panjshir is one of Afghanistan\u2019s well-known provinces for emerald mining, and the stone is among the province\u2019s most valuable mineral resources. Emeralds are among the stones that could gain higher economic value if processed and packaged inside the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panjshir emeralds were sold for 16.762 million Afghanis at auction to domestic and international traders, officials say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}