New Afghan mining law lacks transparency, say experts

Afghanistan has a new mining law that aims to tap the potentially lucrative sector to fund the country's post-war development but which critics say falls short of international standards and could encourage further conflict and corruption. President Hamid Karzai signed the Law on Mines after it was finally passed, more than a year after being tabled, by the lower house of parliament on August 16. Passage of the law is expected to see a surge of contracts to mine copper and gold in various parts of the country, industry sources said.

Read the story by Lynne O'Donnell in South China Morning Post.

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