Indigo Carpet Association providing a fresh approach to carpet-making opened a new showroom in the capital ( Kabul ) on Saturday. Brought together by Kabul carpet designer Javed Halimi, the 10 members of the association represent some of the best young minds, creating innovative contemporary designs and reworking traditional patterns. In a statement issued here [...]

On the last day of his US visit, President Hamid Karzai, for at least an hour Wednesday morning, donning the mantle of a successful CEO marketing Afghanistan. The venue was Opening Plenary of the Clinton Global Initiative of former president Bill Clinton. The audience included leaders of the US corporate industry and some 40 past [...]

The Asian Development Bank has supported the rehabilitation/construction of various sections of Afghanistan’s Ring Road. ADB’s Board of Directors has just considered a $US 176 million project to complete the last remaining section of the Ring Road. Mr. Juan Miranda, ADB’s Director General of ADB’s Central and West Asia Regional Department has said: “The Ring [...]

Washington, D.C. (AHN) – South Asia picked up the pace of regulatory reform over the past year to become the second-fastest reforming region in the world, on par with the speed of reform in the countries of the OECD, finds Doing Business 2008. The report is the fifth in an annual report series issued by [...]

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