- Law enforcement in Afghanistan has shut down over a dozen crypto exchanges in Herat, detaining the people who were running them.
- The offensive comes after the introduction of a ban on online foreign exchange that the Taliban seem to have applied to coin trading as well.
- The Afghan officials are probably referring to a statement by the central bank in Kabul which, according to a Bloomberg report from late June, declared that online forex trading is against Islam and banned it.
Afghanistan Closes Down 16 Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Arrests Operators
