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Afghanistan became the largest importer of Russian flour in 2024. China and Turkmenistan are also among the three largest buyers. This was reported by the Russian state agency for the export of agricultural products “Agroexport”, writes Reuters. The increase in imports was due to Russia's efforts to establish ties with the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan became the largest importer of Russian flour last year, doubling purchases, Russia's state agricultural export agency said late Friday.

Officials of the ministry emphasized that, under the directive of the leader of the Islamic Emirate, wheat worth over one billion afghani has been purchased from farmers, and the process of transporting and storing it in the country’s silos is ongoing. Agha Jan Akhund, the deputy minister of the Ministry of AIL, stated that 17,000