PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The issue of taking money from truck drivers on the Kabul-North highway has been resolved in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Monday.
Baghlan governor Mullah Ahmad Nasrart told Pajhwok Afghan News truck drivers were previously forced to pay illegal money at Jarakkhast and Dandi Ghori areas. At the time, he said, Islamic Emirate personnel would collect six million afghanis a day from drivers and would hand over the money to officials concerned.
“But since the country’s ports are with us, money paid as customs duty has been stopped in provinces,” the acting . . .
