US EditionAfghan workers strike at Iran border over alleged ‘abuse and trade imbalance’
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Drivers and workers at the Afghan-Iranian border market in Farah province have gone on strike to protest the actions of Iranian border guards. Sources in Farah say that the drivers and workers have been on strike for three days. The protesters shared their protest and demands in a letter with the Taliban commissioner at the Abu Nasr Farahi customs. In this letter, the limited entry of Afghan cargo trucks into Iran is cited as one of the reasons …
Afghan workers strike at Iran border over alleged ‘abuse and trade imbalance’
FARAH, Afghanistan — Dozens of Afghan laborers, truck drivers, and customs agents at the Abu Nasr Farahi border crossing in Farah Province have gone on strike, protesting what they describe as discriminatory treatment and abuse by Iranian border guards. The work stoppage, now in its third consecutive day, comes amid rising frustration over trade imbalances and severe restrictions on Afghan laborers entering the Iranian-run section of the border …
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