2023
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Question
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Which basin is the Taliban planning to sign an oil extraction deal with a Chinese firm?
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Amu Darya Basin
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Suv Darya Basin
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Dast-e-Kavir
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Gulf of Persia
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The contract is the first major foreign investment deal since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021. Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration has signed a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin and develop an oil reserve in the country’s northern Sar-e Pul province.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most of the undiscovered crude oil occurs in the Afghan-Tajik Basin and most of the undiscovered natural gas is located in the Amu Darya Basin. These two basins within Afghanistan encompass areas of approximately 515, 000 square kilometers.
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