Land, cars, produce and other goods are still being bought with Pakistani rupees. Khost residents said.

Value of the Afghani has increased significantly against the dollar since last month. The Central Bank of Afghanistan said.

Da Afghanistan Bank, has launched a plan to promote the use of Afghani currency and ban the use of foreign money in domestic transactions.

The exchange markets of the country have announced the increasing value of the Afghani currency against foreign currencies. They say that in the last week, the value of the Afghani against the dollar has increased by nearly 6%.

DAB will auction 15 million USD on 24 Dec 2022 to keep the local currency rate stable.

Afghani currency takes a dip against US dollar following the US government’s decision to slash $1 billion in aid to Afghanistan.