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A Pakistani employee displays gems at a processing plant in Peshawar

By A Majeed

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A Pakistani employee displays gems at a processing plant in Peshawar. In February this year, Islamist extremists waging a bloody insurgency to expand control opened three shuttered emerald mines in the northwest Swat valley around the main town Mingora and invited villagers to blast away. A Pakistani employee displays gems at a processing plant in Peshawar. In February this year, Islamist extremists waging a bloody insurgency to expand control opened three shuttered emerald mines in the northwest Swat valley around the main town Mingora and invited villagers to blast away.


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