Afghanistan wants oil, gas from Russia, hopes to send dry fruits to Moscow
New Delhi, May 14: The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has shown interest in buying gas and oil from Russia and also continuing work on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project which has been facing an uncertain future after the return of Islamist militant group in Kabul last August.
At a time when the Russian energy giants like Gazprom have been hit by sanctions from the Western countries, Jamal Nasir Garwal, the Taliban-appointed charge d’affaires in Moscow, has reaffirmed Afghanistan’s ambition of developing the energy partnership with Russia.
