Kabul, July 12 (TIWN) The owners of coal factories in Afghanistan said the Afghan coal is being sold to three Pakistani companies: Fauji Fertilizer Power Station, Cherat Cement Factory and Lucky Cement and Coal. Economists said these companies are linked with the Pakistan Army.

"Only at this company over the past two months, 10,000 tonne of coal have been exported to Pakistan, representatives of Fauji Fertilizer Power Station, Cherat Cement Factory and Lucky Cement and Coal come here and purchase it," said Mirwais Mali, a manager at a coal company in Afghanistan.  "The majority of our clients are the companies of Fauji Fertilizer Power Station, Cherat Cement Factory and Lucky Cement and Coal. They purchase it with less money," said Abdullah, an official of an Afghan coal company.