Checkpoints between Erbil, Baghdad problematic for producers, drivers, consumers
309 views · Published 23 March 2017 · 1:57 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: Rudaw English · 2017 · People & Blogs
Checkpoints on the road between Erbil in the Kurdistan Region and the Iraqi capital of Baghdad are affecting production, transportation, and consumption in the country. Reaching Baghdad means negotiating nearly seven checkpoints — taxed at each. Drivers are quitting their professions because working in this trade is no longer economically viable. Drivers say they are told by the enforcement officers at the checkpoints that the tarrifs exist because the Kurdistan Regional Government is not sharing border customs revenue with the government of Iraq.
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