A wealthy mining company recruited people from an impoverished
community in Badakhshsan, Afghanistan to illegally mine for gold. I have a good
idea of what happened after checking with three different sources: CNN, Washington
post and Reuters. I had to check with several sources since crucial details (to
me) were either deemed unnecessary or just plain omitted. It’s also worthy to
note that CNN offered the least amount of details on the event. People seeking
to make supplemental income during their slow season were employed by this company
to sift for gold and copper. They were instructed to tap into the mine via a
homemade tunnel as opposed to one constructed and reinforced by a governing body.
Heavy snowfall occurred (something I didn’t expect to happen in Afghanistan) which
caused a landslide, shifting a tremendous amount of weight onto this tunnel in
question. The tunnel collapsed and killed 30 miners in the tunnel and 7 were
injured on the surface. Details of legal action were not disclosed.
David Pate
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