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To: FaultLine who wrote (2052)	1/11/2003 3:46:33 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 15987

As a little addition ....here's more info on "jumbeshi".... Also check out the referenced link...it is interesting all by itself... >>>>>>>>>The new notes, to be introduced on October 7, come in nine denominations ranging from one afghani to 1,000. Their design commemorates scenes such as Paghman's memorial to troops killed fighting the British in 1919, Kandahar airport and the shrine in Mazar-e-Sharif. The notes are different colours and slightly different sizes from the ones in circulation. Unusually, the bank has even agreed to exchange the openly forged notes in circulation in the north of the country. Known as jumbeshi, they are printed by General Abdul Rashid Dostum, the northern warlord and leader of the Jumbesh-e-Melli Islami, the main Uzebk party based in Mazar-e-Sharif. "There are lots of jumbeshi and (forged) afghanis in the northern provinces. They are roughly half the value of the official currency, and we will buy them for the market price," said Ahadi. This news has gone down well with the moneychangers. "We are happy about the new notes - they are good news for security and stability in the country," said Ameen Khosti, president of Kabul's Shahzada Market moneychangers.<<<<<<<< bglatzer.de