MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The deteriorating security situation has left a crippling impact on trade in the northern region, triggering a 60 percent fall in imports through the Hairatan port of northern Balkh province, officials said on Wednesday.
Businesspeople in Mazar-I-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, verified a huge decline in imports of goods through the Hairatan port as result of the nose-diving security environment over the past three months in the north.
Mohammad Qasim, owner of the Aryana Trading Company in Hairatan . . .
