Members of the public said on Sunday that they are concerned about what they called a surge in insecurity along the highways in the country and that people using them are often affected by insurgent activity.
Many have said that threats increase on a daily basis.
Hekmatullah, a resident of Jalalabad said: “Sometimes the Kabul-Jalalabad Highway is faced with security problems and it is closed.”
“We were on the way to Nangarhar [province] when we were attacked and the highway was shut,” said Mohammad Noor, a resident of Achin district in Nangarhar.
According to TOLOnews’ Tamim Hamid, who visited different pick up points in Kabul for people traveling to provinces, drivers and passengers on route to Logar, Paktia and Khost also spoke of insecurity and harassment of passengers on the highway.
“Sometimes people are stopped by robbers and sometimes by Taliban,” said Sediq, a resident of Paktia.
“Security on the highway is not good,” said Wase, a resident of Logar.
Insecurity and conflict in northern and north-eastern provinces has also affected the security of highways more than in the past, Hamid reported.
“Kabul-Kunduz Highway is insecure. People are concerned about it,” said Malik Mahmoud, a resident of Kunduz.
“We see reports on media about insecurity in northern parts of the country. The situation on the highway is not good,” said Shafiq, another resident of Kunduz.
Talking on the issue, the deputy spokesman of Interior Ministry Najib Danish said: “The highway situation is better than last year, but it is not satisfactory. Parts of Number 1 (Afghanistan’s ring road) and parts of highways in northern provinces are still faced with some problems.”http://www.tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/27459-concerns-raised-over-insecurity-along-national-highways
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