The Ministry of Information and Culture reports that since the excavation of the Mes Aynak copper mine in Logar province began, over ten thousand ancient artifacts have been discovered.

Khabib Ghuffran, spokesperson for the ministry, said that the artifacts date back to the Kushan, Sasanian, and Hephthalite periods.

According to him, a number of the discovered artifacts have been transferred to the National Museum, and some that are not transportable will be protected on site.

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Information and Culture said: “There are 163 immovable artifacts registered with the Ministry of Information and Culture from the Aynak copper mine, including 82 statues that have been preserved from that era.”

The deputy of the National Museum says that over 400  historical and ancient artifacts from the Mes Aynak copper mine in the past year have been transferred to the National Museum.

Mohammad Yahya, deputy of the National Museum, said: “453 items, historical artifacts, have been transferred to the museum, including coins, small inscriptions, copper vessels, statues, and pottery, which are preserved and maintained in the museum.”

Abdul Rahman Ehsas, a cultural affairs expert, said: “The Mes Aynak site is an important historical area of the country that holds both economic and cultural significance.”

The Mes Aynak copper site in Logar is one of the historical areas that was discovered in the solar year 1342 and surveyed by Russian and German archaeologists starting in 1355, and since then, dozens of various artifacts have been unearthed from this site.