KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of essential food items have soared in Khwahan district of northeastern Badakhshan province following the closure of a bridge connecting the district with neighboring Tajikistan, local officials said Monday.
According to reports, Tajikistan border forces shut the crossing point between the two countries against Afghan traders after a Tajik shepherd was kidnapped in the border area.
Col. Samiullah Shirzad, commander of the sixth border battalion in Khwahan district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the missing shepherd remained untraced.
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