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Fuel price hike hits taxi, rickshaw drivers in Kandahar

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Taxi and rickshaw drivers in southern Kandahar province say the increase in fuel prices without any reason has crippled their business.

Currently one liter of patrol is sold for 83afs and one liter of diesel for 106afs and these prices are on the increase.

Abdul Ahad, a rickshaw driver, told Pajhwok Afghan News most of the drivers had stopped driving rickshaws due to high fuel prices because they incurred losses instead of profit.

Ali Ahmad, a taxi driver, said the fuel price hike came at a time when thousands of people were unemployed and it negatively affected . . .

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