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How do the Taliban control the 'world's best performing currency, the Afghani', in poverty-stricken Afghanistan

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If we talk about the currency of Afghanistan, today one US dollar is equal to about 79 Afghanis.  In a poor economy like Pakistan, the same dollar is available at around 290 Pakistani rupees, and in a booming economy like India, 84 Indian rupees are equivalent to one US dollar.  Last week when Bloomberg, a financial reporting organization, declared Afghanistan's currency as the best performing currency for the quarter (i.e. the last three months), many people were surprised, while Pakistan's  Some users on social media called it a 'success' for the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan.  However, people are also surprised that a country whose existing 'government' is not formally recognized by any country in the world, which is under international sanctions, whose overseas assets are frozen and where hunger and poverty are rampant.  Dere Hai What is so special about its currency that it has been the world's 'best performing' currency for the past three month