SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): The prices of food items have registered a 16 percent increase after the closer of No.1 Sar-i-Pul-Jawzjan road in northern Sar-i-Pul province, sources said on Sunday.
According to reports, security forces vacated six security check-points on this road on June 6 without putting up any resistance to the Taliban who captured them.
Sakhi Dad Ahmadi, a civil society activist, said after the fall of the check posts, the road was closed for traffic and small vehicles used a lengthy road to reach neighboring Jawzjan province.
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