Kabul: The Taliban have rejected a claim by a high ranking Pakistani minister that trade between the two countries would be in rupees under a currency swap arrangement, local media reported on Sunday.
Ahmadullah Wasiq, a member of the cultural commission, said the transactions between the neighbouring countries would be in Afghanis, Samaa TV reported citing Afghan news sources.
This statement comes a day after multiple reports suggested that Pakistan would soon start trading with Afghanistan in rupees that may ease the burden on the former’s growing current account deficit.
Reacting to the reports, Wasiq said that there was no truth in the news that big business would be done in Pakistani currency. He even added that the Taliban attached importance to their national identity and they would never make a decision detrimental to the material and spiritual interests of their country.
