News Snapshot:
Chinese firm Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Company (CAPEIC) and the Taliban government in Afghanistan will sign a contract to drill oil from the country’s Amu Darya basin, news agency BBC reported. This is the first energy extraction agreement the Taliban will enter with a foreign firm since it took control of Afghanistan in August 2021. While most world leaders have chosen to keep themselves away from the Taliban due to their treatment of women, minorities and Afghan citizens, the Chinese government has ignored these incidents and has chosen to make economic engagement with the terrorist group. The deal...
