{
  "id": 665193,
  "title": "Afghanistan’s gold rush transforms lives and landscapes in Badakhshan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/afghanistans-gold-rush-transforms-lives-and-landscapes-in-badakhshan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T12:30:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/afghanistans-gold-rush-transforms-lives-and-landscapes-in-badakhshan-1.500638684"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dubai: Afghanistan’s growing gold rush is transforming parts of the northeastern Badakhshan province, where heavy machinery and thousands of workers are extracting gold from mountain areas. In Shiwa, about 50 kilometres northeast of provincial capital Faizabad, dozens of excavators operate around the clock as miners search for gold. The activity has created much-needed jobs in a country where…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}