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A bazaari shows a batch of new Afghani banknotes replacing those in circulation. Kefayat Market, Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. 16 October 2002. ..With the international peace-enforcing and nation-building efforts of 2002 came the new money. Until then business had been done with various versions of Afghani banknotes; differing slightly in typography as well as weight, each was used only in designated parts of the country and borderlands. There was the old currency issued under King Zahir Shah, the Rabbani or Masud money, the Dostum Afghani and the Taliban Afghani. ..Piles of these currencies were incinerated in ovens hastily built in front of the Central Bank of Afghanistan and under the supervision of foreign experts.. (KEYSTONE/VII Photo/Daniel Schwartz)