Afghan miners toil with stone-age machinery
Conditions in mines are dangerously primitive and muscle power rules as machinery is antiquated.

Published On 12 Oct 2013
A trip down a coal mine in Afghanistan is like stepping back in time.
Conditions are dangerously primitive and muscle power rules, because machinery is non-existent or antique.
Al Jazeera’s Jane Ferguson reports from Baghlan province.
Source: Al Jazeera