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Helmand money changers suffer losses due to rupee depreciation

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Money changers in southern Helmand province said they and common people suffered financial losses due to the depreciation and instability of Pakistani rupee.

Abdul Rahman Rahnoma, one of the money changers in Lashkargha, the capital of Helmand, told Pajhwok Afghan News most people used Pakistani rupee --- Kaldar --- for their daily transactions in Helmand, Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces due to the shortage of Afghani.

He said recently, Pakistani rupee depreciated against US dollar due to which money changers in Helmand and common people suffered losses.

Rahnoma said: “Another major issue is that the Afghanistan Bank did not have enough . . .

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