Taliban, Uzbekistan Launch Gas Project In Jowzjan’s Totimaidan Field
The Taliban and Uzbekistan on Sunday launched a survey and extraction project at the Totimaidan gas field in northern Jowzjan province, officials said.
The Taliban and Uzbekistan on Sunday launched a survey and extraction project at the Totimaidan gas field in northern Jowzjan province, officials said.
The Taliban have awarded the contract for the survey and extraction of the field to Uzbekistan.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Ismatulla Irgashev, the Uzbek president’s special representative for Afghanistan, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister for economic affairs, along with other officials.
Baradar said the project would help reduce Afghanistan’s reliance on imported electricity.