The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said that currently the process of extracting precious and semi-precious stones is going on transparently.

The ministry's spokesman Humayun Afghan, said that the ministry is trying to provide more facilities in the field of mining, especially precious stones in the country.

The spokesman added: “We generally have precious stones in the provinces of Nuristan, Kunar, Laghman, Panjshir and Badakhshan, and after the Islamic Emirate came into power, the mining process is getting done in a transparent way, and illegal mining has been completely prevented."

At the same time, the manager of a jewelry processing and manufacturing factory said that they built the factory at a cost of 30 million Afghanis.

The partners of this factory added that currently their sales are only inside Afghanistan and they asked the Islamic Emirate to provide them with the opportunity to export abroad.

Abdul Aziz, the owner of the factory, told TOLOnews: “Our request to the Islamic Emirate and the relevant departments is to facilitate and pave the way because the precious stones are the important economic resources."

Currently more than 20 people are working in this factory.

Workers at the factory said the creation of factories are beneficial in providing work and preventing the migration of young people abroad.

"Our request from the Islamic Emirate is to have more activities in this process, so that the young people here are not forced to go abroad and put their lives in danger," Omar, a worker, told TOLOnews.

The lack of sufficient electricity and lack of land in industrial parks is one of the challenges that always made factory owners face problems and also caused a decrease in their production.

"Unfortunately, there is no electricity. Sometimes the electricity is for six hours and sometimes it is for eight hours. We don't have electricity for more than eight hours," said Abdul Ahad, another worker.

According to the information of the Afghanistan Chamber of Industries and Mines (ACIM), more than 6,000 factories are operating in various sectors in the country.