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Long War Journal
January 25, 2018
Abdul Samad Sani, located in Quetta, is described variously as “a member of the Taliban Senior Shura,” the “Taliban's Deputy Finance Commissioner,” and the “Governor for the Afghan Central Bank during the Taliban regime.” His job responsibilities have covered everything from fundraising to weaponsÃâà...
News18
January 25, 2018
In March, 2015, he was personally involved in appointing special representatives to serve as Taliban fundraisers abroad. Sani served as the Taliban's deputy finance commissioner, and also as the governor for the Afghan Central Bank during the Taliban regime. In the fall of 2017, Baseer provided TalibanÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 12, 2017
The closure of the Torkham crossing has led to currency exchange losses for residents and businessmen in provinces located along the Durand Line, local businessmen and residents said. They said businessmen in the provinces are forced to buy goods using Afghani currency while selling them in Pakistani rupees.
International Business Times UK
February 21, 2015
Afghan central bank branch staff raid their own bank and flee. ROCHAN-M. By M Rochan. Updated February 21, 2015 13:48 GMT. Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. A US Chinook helicopter is seen flying over the porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, at Spin Boldak, in 2011. Reuters. Bank workers in southernÃâà...
Huffington Post
February 21, 2015
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Staff at a branch of Afghanistan's central bank in southern Kandahar province may have got away with as much as 81 million Afghanis ($1.4 million) when they robbed their own bank and ran, an official said on Saturday. Security cameras showed the bank's vault hadÃâà...
International Business Times UK
February 21, 2015
Afghan central bank branch staff raid their own bank and flee. ROCHAN-M. By M Rochan. Updated February 21, 2015 13:48 GMT. Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. A US Chinook helicopter is seen flying over the porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, at Spin Boldak, in 2011. Reuters. Bank workers in southernÃâà...
Khaama Press
March 13, 2012
Officials in the Afghan Central Bank (Da Afghanistan Bank) on Tuesday announced that the public deposits in the Kabul branch of the Iranian Aryan Bank is secure despite the license of the named bank was cancelled by the Iranian government. Concerns sparked among the Afghans after a member of theÃâà...
Khaama Press
March 13, 2012
Officials in the Afghan Central Bank (Da Afghanistan Bank) on Tuesday announced that the public deposits in the Kabul branch of the Iranian Aryan Bank is secure despite the license of the named bank was cancelled by the Iranian government. Concerns sparked among the Afghans after a member of theÃâà...
CNN
July 17, 2011
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghanistan's acting central bank governor says the country's second largest private lender is not in crisis, warning outspoken lawmakers -- who claim the bank is in trouble -- against spreading fear among its account holders. "Azizi Bank was neither facing any crisis before,Ãâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
June 27, 2011
Karzai spokesman Waheed Omar said Fitrat had not notified the Afghan government of his resignation. But he said that Fitrat was named in a report sent on Monday to the Afghan attorney general's office as someone possibly responsible for the failure of Kabul Bank. Fitrat told The Associated Press in aÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
June 27, 2011
Karzai spokesman Waheed Omar said Fitrat had not notified the Afghan government of his resignation. But he said that Fitrat was named in a report sent on Monday to the Afghan attorney general's office as someone possibly responsible for the failure of Kabul Bank. Fitrat told The Associated Press in aÃâà...
