What is the dollar rate in Kabul today?

As of 2026-10-28, the median of the exchangers' boards in Kabul is 76.79 AFN per US dollar (EMpulse Street FX Index, confidence limited). The country index on this page is delayed by 24 hours; the boards show the latest rate read.

Where can I exchange dollars in Kabul?

The table on this page lists exchange offices in Kabul whose public boards the index reads, with their latest buy and sell rates; verified ones carry a badge and publish their own rates. Check the rate on the spot before exchanging.

What is a street rate and how is it different from the official rate?

The street rate is the rate at which people actually buy and sell dollars (USDT) in Afghanistan, on the open market, outside the official or interbank quote. Where the official rate is managed or lagging, the gap between the two is the street premium.

Where does the AFN street rate data come from?

The EMpulse Street FX Index combines transaction-based market data with quotes from independent public market sources, weighted by the reliability each source has earned. Every day carries the number of sources and a confidence class (high, medium or limited); the methodology is public at https://empulse.ai/methodology.

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US dollar street rate in Kabul, Afghanistan

Name: EMpulse Street FX Index — US dollar street rate in Kabul (AFN)
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As of 2026-10-28, the street rate for the US dollar in Kabul (Afghanistan) is 76.79 AFN per USD according to the EMpulse Street FX Index: the median of the boards of 1 exchangers in the city (confidence limited). The country-wide index is 65.03 AFN.

Rates are AFN per 1 US dollar (USDT counted as 1 USD). The city median comes from the public boards of exchangers in Kabul, shown as a client sees them: buy — you buy dollars, sell — you sell dollars; a board older than 3 days is not shown. The country-wide figure is the EMpulse Street FX Index with the 24-hour delay of the public pages. limited confidence: fewer sources or fewer data points behind the latest days, so the rate is noisier and can have gaps.

Exchangers in Kabul

Day	City median	Buy USD	Sell USD	Sources	Confidence	Country index
2026-10-28	76.79	76.79	—	—	limited	65.03

Exchanger	District	Buy USD	Sell USD	Updated (UTC)	Source
aa.com.tr	—	76.79	—	2026-10-29 11:10	index

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How to cite

EMpulse Street FX Index: the US dollar in Kabul is 76.79 AFN on 2026-10-28, the median of the boards of 1 exchangers. https://empulse.ai/rates/AFN/kabul

How it is computed

EMpulse Street FX Index: daily street exchange rates of emerging-market currencies against the US dollar (USDT) — the rate people actually pay, not the official one — built from transaction-based market data and quotes from independent public market sources, with a confidence class and the number of sources on every figure.

The index of a day is one number: when both components publish the same day, their mean weighted by confidence; outlier days are kept but excluded from averages and changes; the current day is revised until 00:00 UTC. Full rules, fields and revision policy: methodology (PDF) · accuracy.

Questions

What is the dollar rate in Kabul today?: As of 2026-10-28, the median of the exchangers' boards in Kabul is 76.79 AFN per US dollar (EMpulse Street FX Index, confidence limited). The country index on this page is delayed by 24 hours; the boards show the latest rate read.
Where can I exchange dollars in Kabul?: The table on this page lists exchange offices in Kabul whose public boards the index reads, with their latest buy and sell rates; verified ones carry a badge and publish their own rates. Check the rate on the spot before exchanging.
What is a street rate and how is it different from the official rate?: The street rate is the rate at which people actually buy and sell dollars (USDT) in Afghanistan, on the open market, outside the official or interbank quote. Where the official rate is managed or lagging, the gap between the two is the street premium.
Where does the AFN street rate data come from?: The EMpulse Street FX Index combines transaction-based market data with quotes from independent public market sources, weighted by the reliability each source has earned. Every day carries the number of sources and a confidence class (high, medium or limited); the methodology is public at https://empulse.ai/methodology.

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