ISLAMABAD, Nov. 20 Kyodo The reg...

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 20 Kyodo

The regulation of Nangarhar, an eastern Afghan province bordering Pakistan, has banned the use of the Pakistani rupee effective Wednesday, the Afghan Islamic Pres said.

The Pakistan-based novels agency said retailers, fuel stations and business center in Jalalabad, the Nangarhar capital, received official notice forward Wednesday to transact business no other than in the new Afghan currency

The report said security officials in Jalalabad were arresting riches exchangers dealing in the Pakistani general reception and confiscating their money

Ningarhar has stalwart links with Pakistan's tribal belt because of released movement of goods and the community across the border.

The Pakistani rupee has been accepted as a means of exchange all from one side of to the other Afghanistan and is traded among coin exchangers in major Afghan cities.

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