In Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed.

In Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed.

Gold mining operations in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province are causing significant environmental degradation. Villagers report polluted rivers and loss of farmland due to…