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- The US dollar has devalued against the Afghan national currency, the Afghani.
- The value of $1 has come down from 130 afghani to 102 afghani after a joint meeting of government officials.
- Also, 1 kg of liquid gas is sold for 88 Afghani, one liter of petrol is sold for 84 Afghani.
The US dollar has devalued against Afghanistan’s national currency, the Afghani, 130 afghani days earlier on Thursday, 95 afghanis, the report said.
The government-run Bakhtar News Agency quoted officials from the Sara-e-Shahzada, Afghanistan’s biggest currency converting market, as saying that the value of a dollar fell from 130 afghani to 102 afghani after a joint meeting of government officials and money. According to the report of Xinhua news agency, changes were made in the country’s central bank Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) on Wednesday.
“On Wednesday, $1 was traded for 102 afghani, on Tuesday $1 was exchanged for 123 afghani, in some places for 130 afghani and this morning $1 was equal to 95 afghani, “The report is sad.
Prices of food and non-food items also declined and each bag of 55 kg flour was sold for 2,400 Afghani on Thursday from 3,200 Afghani on Tuesday.
Every 16 kg of cooking oil is now sold for 2,800 afghani, every 7 kg of sugar is sold for 460 afghani and the prices of other food items are also falling.
Also, 1 kg of liquefied gas is sold for 88 afghani, a liter of petrol for 84 afghani and a liter of diesel is now sold for 75 afghani.
The lack of greenback coupled with high demand in the market is reportedly behind the rise in the US dollar against the Afghani.
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