How to Use afghani in a Sentence

afghani

noun

• People were hoarding scarce U.S. dollars as the local currency, the afghani, kept reaching new lows.
  — New York Times, 24 Aug. 2021
• The local currency, the afghani, is propped up by regular bulk shipments of U.S. dollars from abroad every few weeks to Afghanistan's central bank.
  — Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2021
• That has already led to a plunge in the value of the currency, the afghani, and many people have not been able to access their savings because most banks were not dispensing money.
  — Marcus Yam, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2021
• His daily wage as a construction worker is about 350 afghanis.
  — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2017
• Ahmady said the lack of US dollars will likely lead to a depreciation of the local currency, the afghani, hurting the country’s poor.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2021
• Ahmady said the lack of U.S. dollars will likely lead to a depreciation of the local currency, the afghani, hurting the country’s poor.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2021
• Ahmady said the lack of U.S. dollars will likely lead to a depreciation of the local currency, the afghani, hurting the country's poor.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2021
• Foreign aid accounts for some 40 percent of Afghanistan’s gross domestic product; the country’s currency, the afghani, has tumbled since the Taliban’s ascent.
  — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2021
• The local currency, the afghani, could soon collapse, now that regular deliveries of U.S. dollars to Afghanistan’s central bank have been halted.
  — David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024