Laura Mallonee

Sadegh Souri - Fuel Smuggling

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    Trucks gather near the border to unload their cargo. Pack animals will carry the fuel across.
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    Aslan works at a fuel depot in Pakistan. He is just 12 years old.
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    Smugglers load donkeys and mules with fuel to cross the border.
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    Abdowahed has a bachelor's degree in agriculture but turned to fuel smuggling after drought dried up his orchards in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan. He takes a bath in a spring near the Pakistan border after selling a load of diesel.
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    A smuggler hauls a barrel of diesel by hand.
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    A smuggler fills plastic tanks with diesel at a fuel depot before heading for the Pakistan border.
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    A man named Abu Bakr sits in his bullet-riddled car. He has come under fire from police multiple times while smuggling fuel.
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    Ahmad was a fisherman on Lake Hamoun before drought forced him into fuel smuggling. He was smuggling diesel on his donkey when police arrested him. They shot him in the leg, which had to be amputated.
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    Abdullah was badly burned in a car crash while speeding to the border to deliver a load of fuel.
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    The carcasses of overworked donkeys litter the roadside near the border between Iran and Pakistan.
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    Lal Khan had just sold 500 gallons of diesel at the Pakistan border when his vehicle came under fire. He isn't sure who shot him, but he is now paralyzed in both legs.
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    Men take a break at a large fuel depot on the border between Iran and Pakistan.
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    Maryam's husband and two sons died while transporting fuel to the Pakistan border. Her grandsons now live with her.
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    Smugglers sometimes drive more than 100 miles an hour down roads near the border. They rig their trucks with smoking devices to evade the police.
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    This vehicle caught fire after coming under fire from police. The driver died.
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