UK, US announce sanctions aimed at disrupting illicit gold trade

Amid Afghanistan's crumbling economy, Afghan youth are taking up odd jobs like dismantling electronics to extract specks of gold. An easier access in recent years to acid necessary in the hazardous process has sparked a small revival in the trade. Without the use of gloves or protective masks, the men use pliers or their bare hands to dismantle televisions, computers, or mobile phones that have arrived in dumpsters from Japan, Hong Kong, or Dubai. Here is the story from the border town of Spin Boldak.

Hazardous gold trade in Afghanistan

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