180.4m afs old banknotes set alight in Kandahar

KABUL (Pajhwok): The central bank has torched old notes worth more than 180 million afghanis in the presence of senior officials in southern Kandahar province.

In a statement Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) said the worn-out notes had been set on fire under Articles 39 and 42 of the DAB Law on Oct 23 and 24 in presence of a delegation.

Noor Ahmad Agha, first deputy head of the central bank, said it was the responsibility of all nationals to protect banknotes.

He added banknotes rapidly became old because people did not ATM cards and counting of money with greasy hands and keeping cash in houses.

Agha asked the people to pay attention to the protection of banknotes in commercial transactions to prevent them from rapidly getting old.

kk/mud

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