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Afghanistan coffers swell as Taliban taxman collects

Published on: Wednesday 08 March 2023

Afghanistan coffers swell as Taliban taxman collects A dusty logjam of trucks inches across a rut in the mountains splitting Pakistan and Afghanistan, teeming with a cargo of fruit and coal -- and paying the Taliban authorities for the privilege of passage. According to a 2022 report by research group XCEPT, coal exports to Pakistan likely doubled under the Taliban government and earned Afghanistan $160 million in tax -- three times what the previous administration was capable of.


News source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/afghanistan-coffers-swell-as-taliban-taxman-collects/ar-AA18o5Gk

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