The first Emerald Export Development Exhibition has been inaugurated by a private company in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Panjshir.

In this two-day exhibition, more than one hundred booths, including Panjshir emeralds, are dedicated to local products and handicrafts.

The purpose of this exhibition is said to be marketing for precious and semi-precious stones in the country.

Officials from local companies are urging the interim government to hold more exhibitions inside and outside the country to promote and support local products.

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum stated that they will organize more exhibitions inside and outside the country to market precious stones, especially Panjshir emeralds.

Mohammad Agha Hakim, the governor of Panjshir, said: "This exhibition in Panjshir is held to showcase Panjshir emeralds. We have invited national and international traders to come and see the world's top-grade Panjshir emeralds up close."

Humayoun Afghan, spokesperson for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, said: "This was the first exhibition held in Panjshir. In the future, more exhibitions will be held in the capital and other provinces, especially in the eastern provinces where we have precious stone mining."

The Acting Minister of Rural Development stated at the exhibition that alongside other programs of the interim government, the Ministry of Rural Development will soon implement several development programs for the people of Panjshir.

Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, the Acting Minister of Rural Development, said: "Projects will be implemented in Panjshir to meet the needs of our fellow citizens."

At this exhibition, some women and officials from manufacturing companies requested the Islamic Emirate to hold more exhibitions inside and outside the country to support local products.

Taiba Noori, a handicraft exhibitor, said: "If women participate in all areas of society like men, especially in local production, it will lead to the rapid or even double growth of handicrafts and all sectors of Afghanistan's trade."

Abdul Nasir Reshtia, an official from one of the manufacturing companies, said: "Our request from the government and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is that all government departments make efforts to use domestically produced goods."

According to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum statistics, currently, 1,200 emerald mines are registered in Panjshir, of which 500 are active with mining licenses, employing nearly 20,000 people.

The ministry states that since the start of Panjshir emerald mining, more than 60,000 carats of emeralds from this province have been sold, valued at over four million US dollars.