The area around Aynak, 30 km south-south-east of Kabul in
south-east Afghanistan, has been the focus of copper working
since ancient times. Numerous old excavations and pits, as well
as remains of smelting furnaces, have been discovered at Aynak
and also nearby at Darband and Jawkhar. In 1974, Russian
geologists prospected and mapped the Kabul area and rediscovered
the Aynak, Darband and Jawkhar copper prospects.
In 1974β1976 and again in 1978β1989, the Soviet Geological
Mission conducted detailed exploration of Aynak, but this work
ceased in 1989 with the withdrawal of Russian advisors, and the
subsequent civil war halted any further work
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