Moscow, Taliban Discuss Purchase of Russian Oil: Report
Russia and China ‘are now conducting the most active interaction with Afghanistan, probing potential routes for cooperation,’ the report says.
In a possible reversal of history, Kabul is courting Moscow — but for the moment the dance is less about politics than money. According to a new report in the state-run Russian news agency RIA Novosti, the Taliban this week dispatched a delegation of industry and trade officials to Moscow to meet with their Russian counterparts to discuss Afghanistan’s plans to purchase one million barrels of Russian oil.
During the meeting, which was held at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, Afghanistan’s acting minister of commerce and industry, Nooruddin Azizi, also asked Russia for a commodity barter option to pay for energy supplies “if there is a need for any Afghan products,” RIA Novosti reported.
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