Today marks the first day of 2022 and 2021 saw the afghani depreciating by more than 33 percent against the US dollar, while food prices jumped by more than 26 per cent and car fuel by 43 percent.
Considering the political changes in the country and freezing of over $9 billion in Afghan assets by the US, the Afghan currency against foreign currencies, especially the US dollar, depreciated.
Depreciation of afghani against USD main challenge this year
Haji Hussein Malik, a moneychanger at Sara-i-Shahzada Market in Kabul, told Pajhwok Afghan News that today one US dollar was accounted for 103 afghanis.—Agencies
