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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban demands road tax on food aid |
| 2001-10-11 |
The World Food Programme (WFP) says its aid effort to Afghanistan has been hampered by Taleban officials demanding a road tax. The officials demanded $32 for every tonne of food carried by a convoy that had just crossed the Pakistan-Afghan border, the WPF says. The incident happened only hours after the WFP - a United Nations agency - began resuming food convoys into Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |