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Afghanistan chromite smuggled to Pakistan – WikiLeaks

03 December 2010

by Jessica Roberts

US cables accuse Afghan general of smuggling chromite from Zanakhan district

Keywords: chromite, refractories, smuggling, Afghanistan, Pakistan, WikiLeaks

The governor of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, Usman Usmani, has been accused of running a chromite smuggling operation into Pakistan from several districts in the region, in confidential US embassy cables disclosed by whistle blowing website, WikiLeaks.

 

Governor Usmani is alleged to have...