The governor of the Central Bank of Afghanistan has admitted that hundreds of thousands of US dollars are crossing the porous border into Iran, having a detrimental effect on Afghani currency.
Federation of Money Changers of Herat estimates $2 to $3M cross the porous western Afghan borders into Iran daily. US sanctions have made Tehran desperate for dollars and neighbouring Afghanistan's dollarised economy is an obvious source.
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