<p style="text-align: justify;">KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan’s Standards and Quality Authority has announced that a 25-tonne shipment of substandard batteries was returned to Iran from the western province of Farah following inspection and quality control.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In a statement, the authority said the shipment underwent a technical assessment during the certification and quality control process, which found that the batteries failed to meet required standards. As a result, the shipment was sent back to Iran.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The authority urged all traders and importers to avoid importing low-quality and non-standard goods.</p>
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