Former Afghan fighters, who fought alongside the Northern Alliance, are finding it hard to go for emerald hunting in Panjshir. The Taliban has banned the sale of dynamite, thinking miners are aiding the resistance forces.
“When the attack on Panjshir was launched, I was in Kabul. I tried to join the movement, but all the roads were blocked, and I couldn’t go,” Haji Alam 58, toldOn August 15, the fall of Kabul took everyone by surprise. As Taliban fighters approached the gates of the capital, most thought the Taliban would be kept at bay until a power-sharing deal was brokered. But when President Ashraf Ghani fled, it gave a green signal for the Taliban to take control.
Afghan military personnel unload shells from a Russian tank to be collected by Afghan's New Beginning Programme in Panjshir Valley, about 120 kilometers north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday January 9, 2005. In early 2019 on a trip to Panjshir, I met him. The dust of laborious mining work was visible in his sunken cheeks, and as we made our way to the mining site, Alam pointed to caves at the sides of the mountain, which sheltered the village people from the Red Army’s aerial bombardments.
“I have been here for the past 15 years. I feel it’s much better than being in the battleground; I can earn a living and can send my children to school. Though it is hard, nothing comes without striving,” he said. “Since the fall of Kabul, most of the shareholders cannot pay, and the blockade on Panjshir has added to it because we pay double prices for everything now. Thus, the excavation has almost stopped”.
A miner from a neighbouring province recalls when his friend set up the dynamite, but could not make it out of the tunnel on time. When uncontrolled dynamite is set to explode, it gives the miner one to two minutes to reach a safe location. When the resistance began, he joined a local unit, but soon realised how different it was from the last time. He felt the lack of harmony among different commanders. “Some commanders gave up without resistance, but some fought bravely.”
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