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Contract breach or banditry? Inside the collapse of the Taliban's oil deal with China

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The Taliban's acting minister of mines and petroleum, Shahabuddin Delawar (left); acting first deputy prime minister, Abdul Ghani Baradar (center); and China's envoy to Afghanistan, Wang Yu, attend a press conference in Kabul on Jan. 5, 2023, to announce an oil extraction contract with a Chinese company. (AFP via Getty Images)
The Taliban's acting minister of mines and petroleum, Shahabuddin Delawar (left); acting first deputy prime minister, Abdul Ghani Baradar (center); and China's envoy to Afghanistan, Wang Yu, attend a press conference in Kabul on Jan. 5, 2023, to announce an oil extraction contract with a Chinese company. (AFP via Getty Images)

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