Afghan Ministry of Mines delegation on visit to GAF AG

The Afghan delegation was headed by H.E. Wahidullah Shahrani, Minister of Mines, and Prof. Dr. A. Rahman Ashraf, Senior Advisor for Mines and Energy to the President. Their concerted effort is to move the Ministry of Mines (MoM) in Afghanistan from being a producer of minerals and other commodities to a policy-maker, promoter and regulator. Therewith an important step towards the eradication of poverty and bringing peace and prosperity to Afghanistan will be done. This is supported by a technical consultancy provided by GAF AG, being part of the World Bank funded Sustainable Development of Natural Resources Project.