Afghanistan, Nov. 12 -- Iraqi authorities have launched investigations into alleged oil smuggling operations involving fields in Kirkuk and the Kurdistan Region, following intelligence reports of a trafficking route through Iran to Afghanistan.
According to a statement from the Iraqi Parliament on November 11, Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi ordered a temporary parliamentary committee to examine intelligence findings on the suspected smuggling network, a separate alleged oil theft operation in Jurf al-Nasr, and a recent attack on the Khor Mor gas field. The move comes as Iraq's Federal Integrity Commission has also established a special investigative team to examine suspected oil smuggling from fields between Kirkuk and the Kurdistan Region.
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