End of an Era: Base Stores in Afghanistan to Stop Accepting

End of an Era: Base Stores in Afghanistan to Stop Accepting 'Pogs'


End of an Era: Base Stores in Afghanistan to Stop Accepting 'Pogs'
The few Army and Air Force Exchange Service stores that are still open on bases in Afghanistan are encouraging people to turn in or use their paper coins, or pogs, as the U.S. continues its pullout from the country. The phaseout of pogs, which AAFES began issuing at exchange stores in Afghanistan in November 2001, began in May 2021. (Carrie Bernard/U.S. Air Force)
19 May 2021
Stars and Stripes
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By
J.P. Lawrence
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The paper coins, or pogs, that troops have used at stores and collected as souvenirs on overseas bases for the last 20 years are being phased out as the U.S. military leaves Afghanistan.

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