Petrol price down, gold up in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): The price of petrol has dipped while that of Arabian gold 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 decreased from 59 Afghanis to 57 Afghanis but the same amount of diesel stood at 55 Afghanis.

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

The food items’ prices remain steady this week.

Food Traders Union head in Kabul, Fazal Rahman, said that the price 49 kilograms of Pakistani sugar cost 1,740afs, 50 kilograms of Kazakhstani flour 1,340afs, 24-kg of Pakistani rice 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.

Haji Fawad Ahmad Salehzada, a jeweler in Timor Shahi area of Kabul, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold was increased from 2,400afs to 2,450afs while the same quantity of Russian variety from 1,850af stood at 1,900afs.

According to Haji Mir Hussain Sadaqat, owner of Sadaqat Money Exchange Services in Kabul, one US dollar accounted for 75.27afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees 572afs against last week’s 75.25afs and 575afs.

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