The Mayor of Kabul, Mohammad Nawandish, said the city delayed payment to Breshna as there was a dispute over some of the bills.

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They also promise the delayed compensation payment arrangements anxiously awaited by homeowners on the route will be published later this year.

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She said she later received an email from the company saying the payment had been delayed because it was experiencing late payments from a number of its own clients.

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But the system was delayed by technical glitches in the payment kiosks supplied by Montreal-based PBSC Urban Solutions Inc.

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Ineptness at the Rural Payments Agency, the bit of government charged with distributing agricultural subsidies, led to seriously delayed payment for hundreds of farmers and the resignation of its boss in 2006.

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But loans must be paid back so the pain of payment is only delayed.

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According to the more recent TransUnion study, more than half of student loans are in deferred status where the loan payment has been temporarily delayed.

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