{"id":24698,"date":"2026-10-25T13:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T13:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/25\/taliban-mining-ministry-accurate-mineral-exploration-afghanistan-economic-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T13:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T13:40:16","slug":"taliban-mining-ministry-accurate-mineral-exploration-afghanistan-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/25\/taliban-mining-ministry-accurate-mineral-exploration-afghanistan-economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Mining Ministry Says Accurate Mineral Exploration Essential for Afghanistan&#8217;s Economic Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The deputy minister of mines and petroleum in the Taliban administration, Mufti Abdul Mateen Saeed, has discussed the assessment and exploration of Afghanistan&#8217;s mineral resources with representatives of a Russian company.<\/p>\n<p>The company representatives presented their information and proposals to ministry officials on investment opportunities and the practical implementation of mineral exploration in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy minister stressed that Afghanistan has abundant mineral resources and that precise exploration could create the conditions for the country&#8217;s economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that such activities must be carried out on the basis of scientific standards, accurate geological data and effective laws, so that mineral extraction can take place in a principled and sustainable manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban officials say accurate mineral exploration is vital to boost Afghanistan\u2019s economy and ensure sustainable mining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24698","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=24698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}