Newly extracted emeralds from mines in Panjshir province have been sold to domestic traders through a public auction, provincial officials said.
Saifuddin Laton, spokesperson for the Panjshir governor, said 12,423 carats were sold for 6,371,000 afghanis under the established auction procedure, in the presence of the Mining Monitoring Committee and the relevant delegation, which supervised the process.
Panjshir is among Afghanistan’s important emerald-producing areas, and official auctions support local trade and provincial revenue.