Some residents of the capital have complained about the rise in city taxi fares, saying that the current fare has gone up by five to 10 afghanis. Some Kabul residents say that despite the dollar depreciating against the afghani these days, oil prices are still rising. Mohammad Hashim, a resident of Kabul, said: “I used to come for 100 afghanis, but today I came for two hundred afghanis. In Kabul, it used to cost 10 afghanis, but now it costs 15 afghanis. How are we doing? ”
“For God’s sake, I left the patient there,” said a Kabul resident. I borrowed 500 rupees and came and told me not to take less than 700 and 800. One of my pandoki says he paid me 200 rupees. I wonder which grave to go to and what to do? ”
But drivers say they are forced to raise fares as fuel prices rise.
“The fare has gone up,” said Dawood, a driver. It used to be ten, but now the oil has gone up. Earlier, fuel was 60-65 afghanis, but now diesel is 90 afghanis and petrol is 82 afghanis. That’s why the price has gone up. ”
The driver, Zmarai, said: “The fuel has become new afghani and the agent buys 10 afghanis which are 100 afghanis and our car consumes 100 afghanis which are nothing left.”
“Previously the fare was 6 afghanis, the price of a liter of fuel was 80, 60 or 50 afghanis, but gradually it went up to 90 afghanis,” said Waheed. The driver who goes there consumes 120 afghanis of fuel and 10 rupees for a cleaner as well as lunch. He has only 10 afghanis left. ”
But oil tankers have blamed sanctions on Russia for the rise in oil prices. According to them, the war between Russia and Ukraine and European sanctions on Moscow have pushed up oil prices not only in Afghanistan but all over the world.
“The war in Ukraine has had a profound effect on us and international prices have risen,” said Noor Agha Shinwari, owner of the oil tanker. A barrel of oil used to cost between 64 64 and 70 70, but now it has risen to 100. ”
