9% increase in gasoline prices in one week in Afghanistan

According to the correspondent of the Afghanistan website of Fars news agency, news sources announced that despite the decrease in the price of oil in the world markets, the price of gasoline in Afghanistan has increased.

According to this report, the price of gasoline has increased from 88 to 95 Afghanis and the price of diesel has increased from 110 to 127 Afghanis in the past week.

Following the increase in the price of fuel, the drivers in Kabul also announced that the price of the fare has also increased and this issue has created problems for the people of Afghanistan who are already facing an economic crisis.

Earlier, in a report, the Red Cross had discussed the decrease in the purchasing power of the people of Afghanistan following the unprecedented increase in the price of basic goods in this country.

The Red Cross has identified the cutoff of international aid and drought as the reason for the high price of food in Afghanistan and has said that after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, the United States blocked 9 billion dollars of the country’s foreign exchange reserves, and the cutoff of foreign aid caused the collapse of the country’s economy and pressure It has happened to the people of Afghanistan.

This organization added: Due to several years of drought and the reduction of water reserves in most parts of Afghanistan, the production of cereals, including wheat, in Afghanistan has decreased by a third, which has resulted in the increase in the price of basic goods and their removal from people’s trips.

According to this report, Kazakhstan, which is one of the countries that export flour to Afghanistan, has restricted the export of this product and this has caused a 68% increase in the price of flour in Afghanistan.

This organization has said that in addition to the unprecedented increase in the price of flour, the price of oil has increased by 55% and the price of fuel by 93% in Afghanistan.

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