Taliban calls for Russian investment in Afghanistan's oil and mining sectors

Elaha Fri Nov 2026 17 hours ago 25

Dmitry Antonov, head of the Council for Business Cooperation with Afghanistan at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the Taliban is interested in purchasing Russian petroleum products and having Russian companies participate in building small refineries.


Antonov, who is accompanying the country’s deputy prime minister on a Russian delegation’s visit to Kabul, has also called on Russian companies to explore investment opportunities in Afghanistan’s mining industry.


According to him, the Taliban administration has invited Russian companies to extract metals. Antonov believes that exploiting Afghanistan’s mineral reserves could help balance trade between the two countries.


These remarks come as Russia’s deputy prime minister arrived in Kabul on Thursday, 21 Aqrab, at the head of an economic delegation. Several economic agreements were signed with the Taliban administration during the visit.


Hamidullah Fetrat, the Taliban’s deputy spokesperson, announced that 15 economic cooperation memorandums worth a total of $103 million were signed during the visit between the chambers of commerce of Afghanistan and Russia and a number of private companies from both countries.


Since recognizing the Taliban, Russia has accelerated efforts to expand its relations and cooperation with the group. The increasing number of visits by Taliban officials to Russia is also part of the process of developing interactions between the two sides.



The Taliban administration has asked Russia to cooperate with the group on supplying petroleum products and building small refineries in Afghanistan. At the same time, Taliban officials have invited Russian companies to invest in Afghanistan’s mining sector.

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