Humayun Afghan, the spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum announced that in the past three years, five major contracts worth $600 million have been signed for the extraction and exploration of cement mines.

He said that the cement production capacity will increase from 7,000 tons to 10,000 tons per day.

Afghanistan's National Radio-Television, which is under the control of the Taliban, on Saturday quoted a spokesman for the group's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum as announcing the signing of contracts worth millions of dollars.

According to the ministry's spokesman, the implementation of these projects will provide employment for thousands of citizens and Afghanistan will become self-sufficient in the field of cement production.

Earlier, in November this year, the Taliban's deputy prime minister announced the start of mining work on 21 large mines in different parts of Afghanistan.

According to the Taliban's statement, these mines include resources such as gold, rubies, lead, zinc, iron, chromite, barite, coal, and cement raw materials.

The Taliban has announced that the extraction of cement raw materials is planned in the districts of Jabal al-Saraj in Parwan province, and Shurandam districts of Kandahar.