answers: The afghani
context: biggest in the world and is expected to provide jobs to 20,000 Afghans. It is estimated to hold at least 11 million tonnes or US$33 billion worth of copper. Experts believe that the production of copper could begin within two to three years and the iron ore in five to seven years as of 2010. The country's other recently announced treasure is the Hajigak iron ore mine, located 130 miles west of Kabul and is believed to hold an estimated 1.8 billion to 2 billion metric tons of the mineral used to make steel. AFISCO, an Indian consortium of seven </s> the official and free-market exchange rates widened in the 1980s and during the civil war thereafter. The afghani traded at 67 AFA to the U.S. dollar in 1973, whereas by 1992 a dollar bought 16,000 afghanis. Banknotes from the period of King Zahir Shah's monarchy ceased to be legal tender by 1991. After the creation of a dysfunctional government and the start of civil war, different warlords and factions, foreign powers and forgers each made their own afghani banknotes to support themselves financially, with no regard to standardization or honouring serial numbers. In December 1996, shortly after the Taliban took </s> storage centers for profit, where the trees wait for processing on an individual tree by tree request. The current trade between Afghanistan and other countries is at US$5 billion a year. In 1996, legal exports (excluding opium) were estimated at $80 million and imports estimated at $150 million per year. Since the collapse of the Taliban government in 2001, new trade relations are emerging with the United States, Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, the EU, Japan, Uzbekistan, India and other countries. Trade between Afghanistan and the U.S. is beginning to grow at a fast pace, reaching up to approximately $500 million per
question: what type of currency is used in afghanistan