TITLE

Afghanistan's emerald heights

AUTHOR(S)
Kim, Lucian
PUB. DATE
July 2000
SOURCE
Christian Science Monitor;7/25/2000, Vol. 92 Issue 170, p6
SOURCE TYPE
Newspaper
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Discusses how the mining of emeralds in Afghanistan is supporting Ahmad Shah Masood's resistance against Afghanistan's Taliban government.
ACCESSION #
3357995

Tags: AFGHANISTAN -- Politics & government -- 1973-1989;  EMERALDS

 

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