Kabul, March 2 (EFE).– Daily life in Kabul continued Monday, for the fourth consecutive day, under the shadow of the night bombings due to the war with Islamabad and the panic of shortage among residents due to the closure of the trade routes with Pakistan and the instability of neighboring Iran.
The people in Afghanistan – a country that has been in a state of war for decades – appear to continue living normal lives, with schools open and traffic flowing at major intersections, but there remains a sense of apprehension about the price of basic goods in the markets of the capital.
“The bombing at night and the increase in prices during the day will harm the lives of people throughout Afghanistan,” Ahmad Shah Noorzai, a civilian resident of the capital, told EFE.
According to the latest official count from Pakistan’s Ministry of Information, its forces claim to have caused 415 fatalities in the Taliban’s ranks and left more than 580 wounded.
The Pakistani authorities also claimed to have destroyed 182 Afghan checkpoints and 185 armored vehicles and artillery units following airstrikes on 46 different locations inside Afghanistan.
For its part, the government in Kabul has remained silent about its military casualties, focusing its speech on denouncing the violation of its territorial sovereignty and the deaths of civilians, which the fundamentalists say number about 70 people so far, including children.
The biggest concern of Afghans is the strangulation of their commercial arteries. With transit routes to Pakistan cut off due to the fighting, all eyes are directed to the western border with Iran, mired in its own regional conflict after the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“We will witness a price increase if the situation continues, especially because of the war in Iran, which is a vital exporter for us,” local businessman Haji Mirwais told EFE.
“The routes with Pakistan are closed and the situation in Iran seems unstable. Considering all these factors, it seems that circumstances will become increasingly difficult for us in the near future,” said Mohammad Shukoor, a university student from the capital. EFE
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