{"id":5577,"date":"2026-01-27T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/27\/taliban-panjshir-emerald-sale-revenue-transparency\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:00:16","slug":"taliban-panjshir-emerald-sale-revenue-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/27\/taliban-panjshir-emerald-sale-revenue-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Administration in Panjshir Sells 3,835 Carats of Emeralds Worth $90,110"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban administration office in Panjshir province has announced the sale of 3,835 carats of emeralds extracted from the province\u2019s mines, valued at $90,110.<\/p>\n<p>According to Saifuddin Laton, spokesperson for the Taliban governor of Panjshir, this amount of emeralds was handed over to domestic traders on Tuesday, the 7th of Dalw, through a bidding process. Local officials emphasized that the sale was conducted under the supervision of the local administration.<\/p>\n<p>Based on provided information, these emeralds were extracted over the past two weeks from the mines in the first district of Panjshir. Panjshir is recognized as one of Afghanistan\u2019s provinces rich in valuable emerald mines.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the lack of public transparency regarding the management of mining revenues and the utilization of the income generated has raised concerns among residents and economic observers\u2014an issue that once again highlights questions about the Taliban administration\u2019s accountability in managing the country\u2019s natural resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban in Panjshir sells 3,835 carats of emeralds worth $90,110, raising concerns over revenue transparency and resource management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5577","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\/5577","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=5577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}