Petrol, gold, sugar, flour prices up in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of petrol, gold, sugar and flour have increased in the capital Kabul this outgoing week, market sources said Saturday.

Abdul Hadi, a worker in Wazirabad Fuel Station, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the price of one liter of petrol increased from 58 Afghanis to 59 Afghanis but the same amount of diesel stood at 55 Afghanis.

However, Ahmad Javid, a liquefied gas seller in Taimani area of Kabul, said the price of one kilogram of the commodity stood at 65afs.

In food items, the prices of sugar and flour have increased.

Food Traders Union head in Kabul, Fazal Rahman, said that the price of 49 kilograms of Pakistani sugar increased from 1,620afs to 1,740afs and 50 kilograms of Kazakhstani flour from 1,320afs to 1,340afs.

However, he said that 24-kg of Pakistani rice cost 2,020afs and a tin of16 liter of Khurshid ghee 1,020afs, the same prices of last week’s.

Noor Ahmad Khairkhwa, a tea seller in Kabul Mandavi, said a kilogram of Indonesian green tea cost 280afs and the same amount of African black tea 300afs — same prices as last week’s.

Ahmad Wali Panjsheri, who owns a grocery store in Dahn-i-Bagh area of Kabul, sold a 50-kg sack of Kazakhstani flour for 1,400afs, a 49-kg bag of sugar for 1,800afs, 24-kg of Pakistani rice 2,400afs a 16-litre tin of ghee for 1,150afs, one-kg of Indonesian green tea for 300afs and the same amount of black African tea for 350afs—higher than wholesale rates.

The prices of gold also jumped up.

Haji Fawad Ahmad Salehzada, a jeweler in Timor Shahi area of Kabul, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold was increased from 2,300afs to 2,400afs and the same quantity of Russian variety from 1,850afs to 1,900afs.

According to Haji Mir Hussain Sadaqat, owner of Sadaqat Money Exchange Services in Kabul, one US dollar accounted for 75.25afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees 586afs against last week’s 75.80afs and 586afs.

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