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Motorists offer bribe to avoid number 39 curse

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Many motorists who apply for registration of new cars pay bribe to avoid the much-hated double digits “39” in their car number plates.

Most people in different provinces of the country consider number ‘39’ as a mark of great shame and reject numbers containing 39 digits. This issue is not limited to vehicles registration but is also considered bad in mobile phone numbers, house numbers and other places.

Middlemen, who go between applicants of car registration and traffic department officials, can be seen . . .

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