The cash-strapped Taliban government has agreed to be drawn into the project enthused at the prospect of getting much-needed infrastructure investment in the sanctions-hit country. Taps were turned off on international aid, which accounted for 60 per cent of public spending, after the chaotic withdrawal of US troops in 2021.
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