Taliban officials nearing contract for purchase of gasoline

The Taliban administration is in the final stages of talks in Moscow over the terms of a contract for Afghanistan to purchase gasoline and benzene from Russia.
Afghan commerce ministry officials Habiburahman Habib, confirmed that an official delegation chaired by the commerce ministry was in the Russian capital and finalising contracts for supplies of wheat, gas and oil.
A source from the office of the Minister of Commerce and Industryand the Ministry of Finance had stayed in Moscow to work on the contracts after a ministerial delegation visited this month.
Spokespeople at Russia’s foreign and energy ministries did not respond to requests for comment.