The local government of the Taliban in Herat, in western Afghanistan, announced that on Tuesday, November 19, it returned 25 oil tankers to Iran through the Islam Kala border crossing due to the low quality of the fuel.
According to this department's announcement, there were eight tankers carrying oil and 17 tankers carrying diesel.
In this announcement, the purpose of this action was stated as "preventing the entry of high-quality petroleum and non-petroleum materials into Israel, protecting the rights of consumers and ensuring compliance with the established quality standards." However, no details have been released regarding how the fuel quality will be assessed.
The Taliban previously returned fuel shipments imported from the Islamic Republic of Iran to this country several times on the grounds that the quality was low.