The dollar is often considered a safe haven in times of international unrest -- but not these days.
The U.S.-led strikes against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan have stirred up a lot of skepticism about this rule of thumb.
The dollar could be spurned on the currency market amid uncertainty over the impact on the U.S. economy of the battle against terrorism, a new type of warfare the world financial market has never experienced.
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