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Afghan police close down cryptocurrency exchanges to enforce central bank ban: Report
2022.08.25 23:10
Afghan police close down cryptocurrency exchanges to enforce central bank ban: Report
Police have closed down at least 16 cryptocurrency exchanges in the Herat province of western Afghanistan in the last week, according to a report in Ariana News, an independent news outlet in that country. The report quotes a local police official as saying arrests had been made during the closures.
The closures were carried out in response to a ban on crypto trading that had been in place for about three months, according to the report. It was apparently referring to a ban imposed on online foreign exchange trading by the central bank Da Afghanistan Bank in June. A central bank spokesman told Bloomberg at that time:
