Officials in the Afghan Ministry of Mines said on Monday that 400 tonnes of chromite is daily smuggled out of the country

The ministry also acknowledged that in addition to chromite, some other precious and semi-precious stones are also smuggled to one of the neigbouring countries.

In order to prevent smuggling of precious and semi-precious stones, the ministry of interior has expresssed support to provide 700 secuirty personnel for the mines all over the country, the Ministry of Mines said.

The security personnel provided by the MoI will also make sure that chromite, which can be used to produce steel, is no longer smuggled out of the country, it added.

"We expect the government to form a special security unit of 7000 personnel to esnsure mines security," said the Mines Minister, Wahidullah Shahrani.

The news comes some weeks after the work at Ainak copper mine in Logar province was halted by insecurity.

But the Ministry of Mine said the work has been resumed after 1500 security personnel were provided to ensure security of the Ainak copper mine.

Head of Afghanistan's Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) warned on Saturday that Kabul Bank should be recovered; otherwise, it will badly affect the Afghan economy

"If the situation is not controlled and people are not informed about what's going on, this could have very negative effects on the economy of the country and its monetary stability," said Head of the ACCI, Mohammad Qurban Haqjo.

The only way out of this dilemma is the leak of truths by the bank, he said.

While praising the Afghan government for providing support to Kabul Bank, the shareholders remarked Kabul bank's situation is going back to normal.

Mr Haqjo sees the shift on the Kabul Bank management troublesome.

Meanwhile, President Karzai's brother and a shareholder of the Bank, Mahmud Karzai said the main factor behind this problem was inaccurate reports published by the Washington Post.

"Kabul Bank promises all the people of Afghanistan that no single penny will be lost and the Afghan government strongly stands behind this issue," said Mahmud Karzai.

Some four days ago, Western news websites published reports on Kabul Bank's insolvency which was immediately rejected by the Afghan government that declared its full support to the bank.

But still one could see a significant psychological impact on the clients by millions being taken out of different accounts of the Bank.