Mr Fitrat has said he has no plans to return to Afghanistan from the US Afghan officials have issued an arrest warrant for the former governor of the central bank, Abdul Qadeer Fitrat.
He is being investigated in connection with massive fraud at the privately owned Kabul Bank and the printing of unauthorised amounts of currency.Earlier, it emerged Mr Fitrat had fled Afghanistan for the US - he said his life was in danger for exposing fraud.
He said the Afghan government had hindered his attempts to investigate corruption.
Afghanistan's Deputy Attorney General Rahmatullah Nazari said he would ask the US embassy and Interpol for help in securing Mr Fitrat's arrest.
"He will be brought here to face the judiciary. We will follow him," he told the BBC.
"There are some serious charges against him. He needs to answer all of them.''
The US - where Mr Fitrat has residency - does not have an extradition treaty with Afghanistan. He has said he has no plans to return to Afghanistan.
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