Defeated in Afghanistan, Rodney starts to make money in Iraq (5)
I believe the answer is:
dinar
'money in iraq' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'defeated in afghanistan rodney starts to' is the wordplay.
'defeated' becomes 'd' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'starts to' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'afghanistan rodney' is 'ar'.
'd'+'in'+'ar'='DINAR'
'make' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dinar that I've seen before include "Iraqi CURRENCY" , "Basic monetary unit of several North African and Middle East countries" , "Currency of several Arab states" , "Yugoslav currency" , "Currency of several Arab countries" .)