Turkish authorities are building a wall on the border, expressing a sense of crisis, following a series of smuggling from Afghanistan, where security has deteriorated due to the withdrawal of US troops.
A total of about 130 smugglers from Afghanistan were detained one after another in the province of Van in eastern Turkey from July 17th to 18th.
In Afghanistan, security is rapidly deteriorating as US troops seek to complete their withdrawal by the end of August, as the rebel Taliban intensifies their offensive.
To prevent smuggling from Afghanistan, Turkish authorities are planning to build a wall 295 kilometers across the border with Iran, which is a stopover, and construction is underway at a rapid pace.
The local prefectural governor said, "I will not allow illegal immigrants to roam our area," suggesting that we will take decisive action.
Turkey has already accepted about 4 million refugees, including Syrian refugees, and while the economy is being hit by the spread of the new coronavirus, it is expressing a sense of crisis about the influx of immigrants and refugees. ..
Tariff collection in the Taliban border threatens government governance
The expanding Taliban, an insurgent rebel, has begun collecting tariffs in the border areas it has captured, further threatening government governance.
In Spin Buldak, Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, the border with Pakistan, which had been closed since mid-July due to insecurity due to combat, was reopened on the 26th, and more than 100 trucks that had been stranded entered the country one after another. ..
Local officials told NHK that the rebel Taliban had created a 20-page list of taxable items and began collecting tariffs from companies entering the country with supplies on trucks. did.
This is a logistics hub with Pakistan, and the Afghan government is collecting tariffs again from businesses that have passed through the Taliban-controlled areas.
In Afghanistan, the fighting between the Taliban and government forces is intensifying, and in the east, 46 cornered government soldiers fled to Pakistan for protection, and the Taliban are intensifying their offensive.
The Afghan government's rule is further threatened by the Taliban's attempt to collect tariffs in the border areas it has captured as US troops withdraw to complete by the end of August.