HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Hundreds of cargo truck drivers on Sunday protested in western Herat province against what they called police extortion on the Herat-Farah highway.
Nearly 3,000 drivers attended the protest rally and closed the Herat-Kandahar highway, complaining police coerce them into paying illegal money on the Farah highway.
Abdul Wadood, a cargo truck driver, said: “Since Wednesday at least 3,000 vehicles remained parked. Our main complaint is that police at checkpoints demand 3,000 to 5,000 afghanis from a truck on the route.”
He said they had . . .
