Older news, but good read. - Iran's smuggling of counterfeit dollars into Herat sparks financial chaos Iran, now facing a shortage of US currency, is smuggling US dollars from Afghanistan and replacing them with counterfeit bills, say Afghan officials. "In the wake of re-imposition of US sanctions against Iran, there have been reports of counterfeit dollar bills imported into Afghanistan through the porous borders with Iran," Nasir Ahmad Popal, director of the financial crime department at the provincial police headquarters of Herat Province, told Salaam Times. "Some Iran-backed individuals are injecting counterfeit US dollars into the Afghan market. Nearly 20 people have been arrested and brought to justice since the beginning of this year ... [for] allegedly circulating counterfeit currency, including forged afghanis," Popal said.  http://afghanistan.asia-news.com/en_GB/articles/cnmi_st/features/2018/09/14/feature-01