NEW DELHI -- The Taliban-led administration in Afghanistan is pursuing new economic ties with countries like China and Russia in an effort to end its isolation from the rest of the world, starting by inking a 25-year oil extraction contract with a Chinese company.
International relations
Taliban build ties to U.S. rivals with new China oil deal
Isolated government taps resource riches to connect with outside world
Acting Afghan Mines and Petroleum Minister Shahabuddin Delawar, left, exchanges documents with a CAPEIC representative at the oil extraction deal's signing ceremony in Kabul on Jan. 5. © Reuters
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