Essential items’ rates remain steady in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of essential food items and fuel remain unchanged during the outgoing week in the capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday.

A worker at Ahmadyar Group of Pump Stations said the price of one litre of petrol accounted for 74afs, and diesel 71afs.

Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Kalola Pushta locality, sold one kilogram of the commodity for 60afs.

Food items rates unchanged

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders Association, said 49 kilograms of flour cost 1,650afs, 49-kilogram of Indian sugar 3,450afs, 24-kilogarm sack of Pakistani rice accounted for 2,700afs.

Similarly, a 16-liter tin of Malaysian cooking oil cost 1,400afs, a kilogram of African black tea 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea for 350afs.

Hamid Sufizada, a retailer at Dahna-i-Bagh Market, said the retail price of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakh flour was 1,700afs, a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice 2,750afs and a 49-kg sack of Indian sugar 3,550afs.

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

Mohammad Fawad, a jeweler in Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Arabian was 4,000afs and the same amount of Russian variety 3,200afs.

Haji Hussain, owner of Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar traded at 75.10afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees at 255afs.

Last week, one US dollar accounted for 75.30afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees for 270.

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