KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Deputy provincial police chief for southern Kandahar province yesterday met with protesting truck drivers and assured them of measures to prevent illegal payments.
Since last two weeks, truck drivers have been on strike in protest against illegal taxes and their harassment by police on the country’s main highways.
A day earlier, Kandahar deputy police chief, Brig. Gen. Farid Ahmad Mashaal, met with representatives of transport companies and truck drivers and assured them of resolving their problems.
Mashaal said no one would be allowed to create any problems for truck drivers or extort them in the limits . . .
