The Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency reported that a gas deposit has been discovered in Qadis district of Badghis province. Shamsuddin Nizami, the director of mines in Badghis, said that a technical team has been dispatched to the gas deposit for further exploration.
According to the Taliban, this is the second gas deposit that has been discovered in Badghis province.
According to Bakhtar News Agency, the new gas deposit has been discovered after a recent earthquake in the province.
On Wednesday, the Taliban announced the discovery of a gas field in the Bala Murghab district of Badghis province.
Although the Taliban has announced the discovery of these gas deposits, local residents said that they had noticed signs of presence of gas deposits in some parts of Badghis earlier.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said that a special technical group will work on the exploration of these gas deposits in the province.
Based on the latest joint assessment of Afghanistan and the United States in 2019, the capacity of Afghanistan's oil field is estimated at 1.6 billion dollars.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan is estimated to have nearly 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 500 million barrels of other gaseous liquids.
The financial value of these natural fossil resources is estimated at 107 billion dollars.
