The Taliban’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said on Sunday that 18,000 tonnes of oil from the Qashqari oilfield in Sar-e Pol province had been sold through a public bidding process for roughly $10.5 million.
According to information published on the ministry’s website, the oil was sold to a domestic company.
The ministry had earlier announced on 28 November that 10,000 tonnes of crude extracted from the Angot field in the Amu Darya basin were sold for more than $4.5 million.
The Amu Darya basin is considered one of the largest oil and gas regions in northern Afghanistan. International assessments estimate that it may contain about 962 million barrels of extractable crude oil and 52 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
