Carrying goods, extra seats in passenger buses banned

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) has banned carrying commercial goods in passenger buses for safety of passengers and to provide standard services.

MoTCA wrote on its X handle on Saturday the ministry’s technical safety department has advised drivers of passenger buses in all terminals of capital Kabul to avoid carrying loads inside or on roofs their vehicles for safety and to provide standard services to passengers.

It said that during checking of passenger vehicles in Kabul’s Kampany and Capital Terminals, extra seats were also removed from some passenger buses.

Some transport buses transporting passengers from Kabul to provinces carry goods inside and on roofs.

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