Hundreds of Afghans are demonstrating outside the Iranian Embassy in Kabul to protest Iran's blocking of thousands of fuel trucks at the border with Afghanistan, a move that has sent domestic fuel prices soaring as winter sets in. The unofficial ban on fuel trucks crossing the Iran-Afghanistan border began about two weeks ago.
Afghan officials say Iran has told them the trucks were being stopped for national security reasons a reference to suspicion the fuel is bound for Nato forces. But Afghan officials insist it is destined for civilian consumer use. About 300 people demonstrated Friday outside the Iranian Embassy.