1.   But what is good for money traders and banks, of course, is not necessarily good for everyone.

2.   Money traders in Kabul assume that if the Taliban falls, the country will be flooded with dollars and other foreign currency.

3.   Offers of funds from state-owned banks also helped push down rates, said Hugo Brusa, a money trader at Banco Frances SA.

4.   Still, strong capital inflows helped buoy the supply of funds and have kept rates at lower levels than in recent weeks, money traders said.

5.   Other money traders follow - when he buys, they buy.

6.   A cell phone-toting money trader working near the post office, giving his name only as Phouvanh, agrees.

7.   By Tuesday, money traders were looking for hints that the crisis would be over soon but found none.

8.   He has demanded international curbs on the activities of money traders.

9.   Many money traders already have closed their books for the year, and financial markets in London were closed.

10.   Money traders literally buy and sell ringgit, as they do with other currencies.