Turkey to invest in Afghan energy

Turkish Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said that Afghanistan had great resources for production of electricity and announced plans to invest in Afghan energy industry, Sabah reports.

TPAO, a Turkish petroleum corporation, won the tender for oil extraction at the Mazar-i-Sharif Province of Afghanistan and will invest about $100 million.

Turkish companies won the tender for gold mining in Afghanistan.

Adapted from: Vestnik Kavkaza