TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Shopkeepers, traders and money changers in central Uruzgan province say they are forced to do all transactions in the Pakistani rupee due to the shortage of afghanis in the province.
They made the remarks at a meeting organized by government officials in Tirinkot, the provincial capital, to promote the afghani.
Speaking on the occasion, acting police chief of Uruzgan, Maulvi Adam Jan Nomani, said that serious efforts were being made to implement the decree issued to prevent foreign currency transactions, adding that all transactions in the province were done in Pakistani rupees.
"The afghani is our national identity . . .
