{"id":15703,"date":"2026-02-23T23:10:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=15703"},"modified":"2026-02-23T23:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:40:25","slug":"raid-on-mazar-i-sharif-moneychangers-union%d8%9b-chairman-and-eight-members-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/raid-on-mazar-i-sharif-moneychangers-union%d8%9b-chairman-and-eight-members-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Raid on Mazar-i-Sharif Moneychangers\u2019 Union\u061b Chairman and Eight Members Arrested."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Raid on Mazar-i-Sharif Moneychangers\u2019 Union\u061b Chairman and Eight Members Arrested.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haji Abdul Qayum, head of the Moneychangers\u2019 Union, along with eight other members, has been detained by the Taliban.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The arrests come amid heightened tensions over relocating moneychanger markets in Mazar-i-Sharif, inflaming the local market.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sources say the crisis started after moneychangers opposed the local administration\u2019s plan to move the exchange complex from \u201cKifayat Market\u201d to the \u201cMazar Hotel\u201d building.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The union described the decision as sudden and without consultation, warning it could undermine financial stability and public trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reports indicate the \u201cMazar Hotel\u201d was built by investors from Kandahar, and local authorities are aiming to fully transfer moneychanger operations there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some market actors consider this organized pressure to enforce a particular plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taliban officials in Balkh have not provided an official explanation for the arrests, a silence that has increased concerns over administrative and security interventions in local markets.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Raid on Mazar-i-Sharif Moneychangers\u2019 Union\u061b Chairman and Eight Members Arrested. Haji Abdul Qayum, head of the Moneychangers\u2019 Union, along with eight other members, has been detained by the Taliban. The arrests come amid heightened tensions over relocating moneychanger markets in Mazar-i-Sharif, inflaming the local market. Sources say the crisis started after moneychangers opposed the local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15712,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15703\/revisions\/15712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}