In order to seek income increase, the Afghan Taliban administration signed a oil mining contract with China on Thursday (January 7) to cooperate with oil in the AM River Basin in northern Afghanistan.
According to Bloomberg, the agreement with the Taliban government and Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Natural Gas Co., Ltd. signed in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.Abdul Ghani Baradar) witnessed.Barladal said at the signing ceremony that the agreement would "strengthen the economy of Afghanistan and improve its independence of oil."
Afghanistan and Petroleum spokesman Omid Khurram said, based on thisThe 25 -year contract, this Chinese company will invest up to $ 150 million each year (about S $ 202 million), and will increase to $ 540 million per year in three years.Kurham said that the Taliban government will obtain 15%of the use rights, and oil mining volume will start at 1,000 tons, and then gradually increase to 20,000 tons.
Petroleum will be mined from 4,500 square kilometers of 4,500 square kilometers of Salpler, Judizhzhzhzhzhzhzhzhzhzhzh, and Fariab in the north.The oil reserves of the basin are estimated to exceed 80 million barrels.
It is reported that after the U.S. military withdrew troops last August and the Taliban government took power, the international assistance accounted for 40%of the GDP in Afghanistan was almost frozen.Subsequently, the Taliban government has been working hard to invite international companies to invest in the natural resources of Afghanistan, including copper and lithium mines to raise funds for Afghanistan's development projects to save the almost collapsed economy.
Although there is no country's official recognition of the Taliban government, China, Russia and Pakistan have maintained close political and economic connections.
