Afghan Rupee

The currency of Afghanistan prior to 1925. It was based on a coin of silver, and did not circulate universally throughout Afghanistan until 1891. It was replaced by the afghani.

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KABUL -- The Afghan authorities on Monday imposed 5000 Afghan rupees on Pakistani trucks as cargo charges in Qandahar province close to Balochistan, reports said.

Cargo charges imposed on Pakistani goods' trucks in Qandahar

Rasmuss gave Silver 5,000 Afghan rupees. Silver arrived in Lahore from Kabul on June 21st, the day Germany invaded the Soviet Union.

Everyone's man in Kabul: Mihir Bose tells the little-known story of the Indian secret agent codenamed 'Silver' who served both the Axis and the Allied forces during the Second World War

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