ATLANTIA (Pajhwok): The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan hopes the first consignment of wheat, gas and fuel from Russia in will arrive in the country in the next few weeks, helping control prices of the items.
IEA spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid’s statement comes soon after an agreement on fuel, gas and wheat supplies from Russia was announced by both countries.
Mujahid said following the economic crisis and price hike, the IEA leadership decided to find ways of controlling the situation and improving the quality of commodities.
Under the provisional agreement, Russia will supply Afghanistan about 1 million metric tons of gasoline . . .
