Afghanistan security forces confiscated 50 wheat-laden vehicles in the country’s southern province of Helmand on Tuesday, foiling a smuggling attempt, the local authorities reported.

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On Monday, the local authorities posted on social media that the seizure took occurred along the Kandahar-Herat highway in Washer district of the province, 555 kilometres south of Kabul, Afghanistan.

According to the source, the wheat was supposed to be trafficked to a neighbouring nation.

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The Taliban-led caretaker government stopped wheat exports on May 19, ostensibly to guarantee food security and avoid a wheat crisis, yet soaring food prices in Afghanistan remain unabated.

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