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Contract breach or banditry? Inside the collapse of the Taliban’s oil deal with China
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TPR: The Public's Radio
NPR has obtained a list from AfgChin that contains the names and passport numbers of the 12 detained Chinese employees.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Afghan Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar in Tianjin, China, on July 28, 2021.
After canceling the Chinese contract, Afghanistan’s government invited other international oil companies to invest in the Amu Darya Basin oil fields.
China and Afghanistan signed a 25-year contract to produce oil with China pledging to invest $540 million in the first three years.
But the Chinese employees warned that unless the Taliban treat foreign investors better, they’re unlikely to find any new partners.
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