PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Hundreds of coalmine workers on Saturday went on strike and staged a demonstration against non-payment of their three months’ salaries, blocking the Kabul-North highway against traffic in northern Baghlan province.
One of the protestors, Eng. Mohammad Karim, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 627 workers had not received their salaries for the last three months.
He said the authorities concerned had told them that they would not paid salaries until their fate was decided by the Ministry of Mines and Petroluem . . .
