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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette » Depositors Panic Over Bank Crisis in Afghanistan

03.09.10 06:18 UTC /
KABUL, Afghanistan -- One of the principal owners of the Afghan bank at the center of an accelerating financial crisis here said depositors had withdrawn $180 million in the past two days. He ... »

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