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Pakistani currency banned in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak town

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Central bank officials in southern Afghanistan say they are trying to ban the Pakistani currency from being used in domestic transactions and to encourage people towards using the Afghan currency notes.

Currently the Pakistani rupee, known in Afghanistan as “Kaldar” is nearly used in the whole of the southern zone encompassing Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces.

Economic experts say in business deals and other use of the Pakistani rupee within the country have affected the value of the afghani.

Da Afghanistan . . .

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