بررسی تأثیرات استخراج معادن آهن بر اقتصاد افغانستان (مطالعه موردی: معدن آهن سیاه¬دره¬ ولسوالی یکهولنگ نمبر یک)

Iron mines ore deposits in Afghanistan which hold significant strategic importance. The total reserves are estimated to exceed one billion metric tons. These deposits are generally characterized by high-grade ore, with iron content ranging from 47% to 62%, placing them among the low-cost, high quality, and comparatively rare resources in the global context. The purpose of this research is to examine extracting mines in the economy of Afghanistan (case study: Seyah Dara mine, Yaka o Lang Awal district). Statistical community of this research is workers, engineers, and local residents of Yaka O Lang Awal district. The statistical community was unknown, for that reason, 100 questionnaires were distributed, 10 for the mine workers, ten for engineers, and eighty for the local residents of Yaka o Lang which are the residents of Seyah Dara, and their answers was analyzed by SPSS 26 software. The results have shown that extracting mines has an important role on economic development of the citizens, and generates employment for the citizens of the country. It can reach us to self-sufficiency in the using of metals in mine industries and can export metal production, technology, and exporting these products to other countries is significantly important.