Afghanistan coffers swell as Taliban taxman collects more revenue
Afghan cargo trucks on February 2,2023 enter Pakistan at the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border post. The trucks pay the Afghan Taliban authorities for the privilege of passage. PHOTO | WAKIL KOHSAR | AFP
A dusty logjam of trucks inches across a rut in the mountains splitting Pakistan and Afghanistan, teeming with a cargo of fruit and coal as well as paying the Taliban authorities for the privilege of passage.
In downtown Kabul, a patrol of accountants inspects a bazaar, billing shopkeepers for trading honey, hair conditioner and gas hobs under the snapping white flag of the country's new rulers.
