MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Traders and food vendors in northern Balkh province say the government should provide facilities to the private sector to control prices in the markets.
Imports through the port of Hairatan are being done based on contracts signed with Central Asian trading companies during the previous government.
Officials at the Balkh Chamber of Commerce say restrictions on money transfers through banks should be lifted so that traders can sign new business contracts before the onset of winter.
Although the Aqina and Hairatan ports in the northern zone are open for imports, food prices in Mazar-e-Sharif . . .
