what is afghanistan money called?
Afghan afghani
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 These measures were introduced due to the collapse of the army during the Soviet intervention . Before the invasion the army could field 100 @,@ 000 troops , after the invasion only 25 @,@ 000 . Desertions were pandemic , and the recruitment campaigns for young people often drove them to the opposition . To better organize the military , seven military zones were established , each with its own Defence Council . The Defence Councils were established at the national , provincial and district level to empower the local PDPA . It is estimated that the Afghan government spent as much as 40 percent of government revenue on defense . 

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 Government loans and credits are available to industrial and agricultural projects , primarily through banks . Iran ’ s unit of currency is the rial which had an average official exchange rate of 9 @,@ 326 rials to the U.S. dollar in 2007 . Rials are exchanged on the unofficial market at a higher rate . In 1979 , the government nationalized private banks . The restructured banking system replaced interest on loans with handling fees , in accordance with Islamic law . This system took effect in the mid @-@ 1980s . 

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 For example , in March 2009 , as a result of the late @-@ 2000s financial crisis , the People 's Republic of China and the Russian Federation pressed for urgent consideration of a new international reserve currency and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development proposed greatly expanding the I.M.F. ' s special drawing rights . Conspiracy theorists fear these proposals are a call for the U.S. to adopt a single global currency for a New World Order . 

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 In mid @-@ November 2008 , Zardari 's government officially sent a letter of intent to the IMF regarding a bailout to help increase its foreign exchange reserves . In a $ 11 @.@ 3 billion multi @-@ year loan package , Pakistan received a $ 7 @.@ 4 billion loan for 2008 – 10 . The IMF stipulated stringent reform conditions , which included rebuilding the tax structure and privatising state enterprises . The World Bank and Asian Development Bank withheld a combined $ 3 billion aid in the 2010 – 11 fiscal year and the IMF withheld since May 2010 the last segment of its aid package . 

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 After the Iranian Revolution in 1979 , the United States ended its economic and diplomatic ties with Iran , banned Iranian oil imports and froze approximately $ 11 billion of its assets . In 1996 , the U.S. Government passed the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act ( ILSA ) which prohibits U.S. ( and non @-@ U.S. ) companies from investing and trading with Iran in amounts of more than $ 20 million annually . Since 2000 exceptions to this restriction have been made for items including pharmaceuticals and medical equipment . 
