KABUL, SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): The acting minister of mines and petroleum has inaugurated the extraction of crude oil from one of the Qashqari oilfields in northern Sar-i-Pul province.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister Shahabuddin Dilawar said 70 metric tonnes of oil was currently extracted from the well per 24 hours.
Pajhwok Afghan News previously reported that work on exploring oil and digging up the well had begun in April 2022.
At the inaugural ceremony, Dilawar called the Qashqari oilfields in Sar-i-Pul were an important source of revenue that would be spent on the reconstruction of . . .
