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Emerald dreams: Swat residents sift through mine waste in search of green luck

  • Pakistan’s mountainous Swat valley is internationally known for producing high-quality emeralds
  • Thousands involved in trade buy mine debris and sift through it in search for emerald fragments
By WASIM SAJJAD ·

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