Da Afghanistan Bank (Central Bank) said that in the past year, it has collected and burned approximately 5.2 billion worn-out banknotes from the markets of the country.

Haseebullah Noori, the spokesperson of Da Afghanistan Bank, assured that the bank's officials are trying to collect and destroy worn-out banknotes by implementing sensible monetary policies.

"The Central Bank of Afghanistan has always tried to offer banknotes in accordance with the market and monetary policies for the convenience of the people of Afghanistan,” Noori told TOLOnews.

Meanwhile, a number of capital residents said that worn-out money is still circulating in Kabul's markets and causes problems for them in transactions. The capital's residents request the Islamic Emirate and the Central Bank to completely collect the worn-out money from the market.

"The worn-out money is so prevalent that it troubles all the people," Samir, a Kabul resident, said.

"The banknotes are old, and during exchanges, if someone gives us 500 Afghanis and we give them one 50 Afghani note that is old, it causes disputes," Hamed, another Kabul resident said.

Economic analysts believe that to collect worn-out money, a specific mechanism needs to be established.

"The Central Bank is legally obliged to collect worn-out money systematically and to collect and burn it according to the law they have," Mir Shakib Mir, an economic analyst, told TOLOnews. 

"Initially, 20 Afghani and 10 Afghani notes were collected, and in the next round, 50 Afghani and 100 Afghani notes were collected, and now 500 and 1000 Afghani notes are being collected from the market. The Central Bank had ordered all banks to collect worn-out banknotes without any commission," Abdul Rahman Zirak, spokesman for the union of Sarai Shahzada money exchangers, said.

After the return of the Islamic Emirate to power, a Polish company for the first time printed Afghan banknotes, which included ten, twenty, fifty, and one hundred Afghanis, and transferred them to Afghanistan.