Petrol prices up, diesel down, food stable in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of petrol increased and that of diesel decreased during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

Fuel prices

A worker at Ahmadyar Group of Pump Stations said the price of one litre of diesel decreased from 64afs to 63afs, but the price of one litre of petrol increased from 62afs to 64afs.

Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Kalola Pushta locality, sold one kilogram of the commodity for 56afs.

Food prices unchanged

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders Association, said the rate of 49 kilograms of Kazakh flour cost 1,550afs.

He added the price of 24-kilogram sack of Pakistani rice accounted for 3,000afs, a 16-liter tin of Malaysian cooking oil 1,700afs, 49-kilogram of Indian sugar 3,550afs, a kilogram of African black tea 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea accounted for 350afs.

Hamid Sufizada, a retailer on the Dahna-i-Bagh Market, said the retail price of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakh flour was 1,600afs, a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice 3,050afs and a 49-kg sack of Indian sugar 3,600afs.

Similarly, a 16-litre bottle of cooking oil accounted for 1,750afs, one kilogram of black tea for 450afs and the same quantity of green tea for 400afs.

Gold prices

Mohammad Fawad, a jeweller in Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold decreased from 4,750afs to 4,400afs and the Russian variety stayed stable at 3,450afs.

Afghani exchange rate

Haji Hussain, owner of the Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar traded at 86afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees at 280afs.

Last week, one US dollar accounted for 85afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees for 280.

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