It’s always the hoarders and wreckers who ruin it for the pure-hearted fanatics.
[KhaamaPress] Security officials of the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
in the Afghan capital Kabul said that they have arrested 21 suspects in exchange market-Sara-e-Shahzada-who wanted to smuggle dollars to neighboring Pakistain.
Officials have also claimed that $18 million have been seized from the people.
In the meantime, provincial officials in Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
claim to have arrested a number of smugglers in the province who intended to smuggle dollars to Pakistain.
It comes after the interim government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan directed security officials to arrest those who smuggle dollars out of Afghanistan and hold them countable as national traitors.
The economic commission of the IEA led by Deputy PM Abdul Salaam Hanafi made the decision after Afghani (currency) exchanged for its lowest cost ever.
The devaluation of the local currency doubled the prices of foodstuff and oil that worsened the already disastrous humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
It is believed that smugglers buy dollars in Kabul and smuggle it out of Afghanistan which leads to a lack of dollars in cash and thus devaluation of local currency.