date:Aug 18, 2017
allenges of transport in the mountainous nation. The flights offered them a way around frequent border closures by neighboring Pakistan.
But the system has not worked as promised, with just a handful of flights having carried goods to India, causing losses for some producers in Kandahar, 500 km (310 miles) southwest of the capital, Kabul.
We packed some 40 tons of fruit, mainly melons and grapes, but weeks passed without flights, said Haji Saduddin, head of the region's Kandahar Fruit Company.