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.
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