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Taliban set up checkpoints on key highway

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GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): The Taliban-Kandahar Highway in southern Ghazni province, where they search vehicles and collect tax, drivers and passengers said on Monday.

Samiullah, a driver, told Pajhwok Afghan News the rebels had established 50 checkpoints on the road between Ghazni and Kandahar.

“The Taliban stop vehicles at these check-points and hand over tariff receipts to some truckers,” he claimed.

In the past, the driver recalled, the Taliban had established checkpoints as part of against the security personnel. But the militants manning the . . .

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