Afghan bank takes a gamble on success

According to this article published Wednesday 13 September on The Age's website, banking in Afghanistan is in a colourful class of its own, where entering the central bank on the wrong day can mean risking your life.

Large bollards at the front of the building are designed to ward off suicide bombers, it says.

"And all that's before any discussion of where most of Afghanistan's money-handling takes place - among the grizzled operators of hawala, the informal transfer honesty system Washington

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