What is the currency of Afghanistan?

The currency of Afghanistan is the Afghan afghani.

The afghani was introduced in 1923 during the reign of King Amanullah Khan, replacing the Afghan rupee. Afghanistan’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank, issues and manages the currency. Its ISO 4217 code is AFN, and the plural form is commonly written as afghanis or afghanis in English.

The modern afghani dates from a major currency reform in 2002. The new currency replaced older notes at different conversion rates, including 1,000 old afghanis for one new afghani. This redenomination helped simplify prices and restore confidence after years of conflict and severe inflation.

A common mix-up is to answer “rupee,” because the Afghan rupee was used before 1923 and the word remains familiar in some local contexts. The afghani is nominally divided into 100 puls, although pul coins are not generally found in everyday circulation. The currency symbol may appear as ؋, Af, or Afs.