Economics
Dollars Disappear in Afghanistan With Exiting U.S. Troops
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As American troops leave Afghanistan, U.S. dollars are also heading out the door.
The Afghani has dropped about 5 percent this quarter, the fifth-steepest fall among 84 so-called exotic currencies tracked by Bloomberg. It touched 60.8020 a dollar on May 20, the lowest in data going back to 2003, when currency reforms were completed after U.S. forces regained control from the Taliban.