One shopkeeper, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of fear of retribution, said soldiers went around the market outside the base Thursday carrying "a box full of afghanis (the Afghan currency), buying all they could find."
He said he sold about 50 for $2,000, roughly $40 each. A day earlier, he was selling them for about half that price.
"They said they wanted them all and price wasn't important," the shopkeeper said.
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