Nearly 890m old afghani banknotes set alight in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) torched about 889.9 million old afghani banknotes in Kabul on Wednesday.

The banknotes were burnt in the presence of a delegation after an accurate count based on Articles 39 and 42 of the DAB Law, the central bank said in a statement.

Mullah Muhammad Akhund, second deputy governor of DAB, asked people to pay attention to the protection of banknotes in commercial and economic transactions.

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