The head of customs in Iran’s South Khorasan province says transit from the province’s borders to Afghanistan increased eightfold in the first six months of this year.Mohammad Kohgard, the head of customs in Iran’s South Khorasan province told state-run IRNA news agency on Monday that more than 15,000 containers weighing over 4,500 tons had been transported to Afghanistan from the Mahirood border in this time.“This is eight times more than in the same period last year,” Kohgard added.He said the transit goods included consumer goods, sugar, flour, cooking oil and fertilizers from Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Indonesia through Mahirood customs to Afghanistan. The post Iran records substantial increase in transit goods bound for Afghanistan  first appeared on Ariana News.