HERAT, Afghanistan: Merchants in the historic Afghan trading city of Herat fear for their future after being hit by Taliban tax collection and a backlog for goods to clear customs.
Afghanistan's central bank has access to only a fraction of its usual financing, and is cut off from the international banking system and its own foreign currency reserves. Customs officials were long accused of taking bribes from traders, pocketing the cash instead of collecting revenue for state coffers.
"Under this system we do not have any problems with corruption but the taxes have been raised, and we cannot pay that much. I'm really not hopeful for the future."At Herat's customs clearance centre this week, workers unloaded plastic bottle tops, plates, salt cakes and long-life cream cheese from trucks into warehouses in the midday heat.
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