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Da Afghanistan Bank

Central Banks and Monetary Authorities

Da Afghanistan Bank is Afghanistan's central bank, established on November 17, 1939 and headquartered in Kabul. Wholly owned by the government, it regulates all banking and monetary transactions in the country, formulates monetary policy, manages foreign exchange reserves, issues the Afghan afghani, and supervises financial institutions through a network of roughly 52 branches nationwide; it held reserves of about 10 billion dollars as of mid-2024.

Facts
Geography
Country or Jurisdiction Served
Afghanistan 2
Wikidata Q1156372, property P17 (country).
Founding YearSourced to the subject's own account
1939 1
HeadquartersSourced to the subject's own account
Kabul, Afghanistan 1
Classification
Institution SubtypeSourced to the subject's own account
Central Bank 1
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Da Afghanistan Bank (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • lead section, founding sentence
    Established in 1939, the bank is wholly government-owned.
  • branches section, headquarters sentence
    Da Afghanistan Bank currently has around 52 branches throughout the country, with seven of these in Kabul, where its headquarters is also based.
  • Introduction, institution-subtype
    Da Afghanistan Bank is Afghanistan's central bank, established on November 17, 1939 and headquartered in Kabul.
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2. Wikidata
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata: Da Afghanistan Bank
Wikidata Q1156372, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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