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Saifuddin Laton, spokesperson for the Panjshir governor, said 11,192 carats of emeralds and three samples were sold for a total of AFN 307,852,000 at an auction held on 8 September. The sale took place in the presence of the Mining Protection Committee and involved domestic and international traders.

Laton said more than 1,000 Afghan traders and three Chinese traders attended. These are the sale value and attendance figures reported by the governor’s office; the announcement did not provide mine production capacity or province-wide sales totals.