Economics of war

Dollars Disappear in Afghanistan With Exiting U.S. Troops

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.