MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Provincial council members, tribal elders and civil society militants of extorting millions of afghanis from lorries on a daily basis on the Mazar-Dara-i-Suf highway.
Gathering at the Balkh provincial council hall, the participants from northern Samangan and Balkh provinces complained about kidnapping incidents on the highway.
Haji Raz Mohammad, Samangan provincial council chairman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that security had deteriorated on the highway between Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh and Dar-i-Suf district in neighbouring Samangan . . .
