Taliban in talks with Russia, China for trade transactions in local currencies
Both Afghanistan and Russia are sanctions-hit economies, seeking to settle trade transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the Taliban's acting Commerce Minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi said.
Taliban's acting commerce minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi sits next to flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and China, during an interview with Reuters, at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Beijing, China October 19, 2023.(photo credit: REUTERS/TINGSHU WANG)ByREUTERS
