SHARAN (Pajhwok): Differences have cropped among Taliban leaders over the collection of Ushr-- the Islamic tax on agricultural produce -- in southeastern Paktika province, local officials and residents said on Wednesday.
The militants earned millions of afghanis annually by collecting Ushr, a major revenue source for the militant movement, from people, said a resident of Sar Rawza district of the province.
Hailing from Marzak area, Shabir told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban had collected 40 million afghanis in Ushr last area from residents of Sar Rawza . . .
