AIBAK (Pajhwok): Taliban militants abducted 60 drivers of coal-supplying trucks in Dara-i-Suf Payan district of northern Samangan province on Sunday, an official said.
Dara-i-Suf Payan district chief Abdul Mateen told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in Dara-i-Khusk locality early on Sunday.
He said the Taliban had asked truck drivers to give them 7,000 afghanis per truck as toll tax.
He added most areas of the district were under Taliban and such incidents would continue to happen . . .
