The Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) has announced its 2010 U.S.-Afghanistan Business Matchmaking Conference.
The conference will provide a forum for U.S. firms to learn about business and investment opportunities in Afghanistan and to network with private and public sector representatives. Business sectors covered by the conference will include construction, mining, [...]

Mobile phone technologies are the subject of considerable enthusiasm in the peacebuilding sector. In the past few years, they have been used in connection with campaigns to restrain election violence, reduce corruption, develop the news media, and support counter-insurgency to name just a few. Success has been significant, but mixed. Yet little has been done [...]

Kabul-based news media are invited to attend the press conference at Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA).
This press conference is an event aiming to launch the Investors’ Directory, an initiative by AISA, the main purpose of which is to market the businesses within Afghanistan and abroad as well as to ease communications between the companies, customers [...]

The Alternative Agricultural Livelihoods Programme, funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and implemented by FAO and MAIL, started in July 2005 and closes at the end of December 2007.
AALP’s role has been to ensure that MAIL is able to play a leadership role in the mainstreaming of counter narcotics issues into Afghanistan’s [...]

National and international media are invited to participate in ‘The Second Afghan Saffron Conference’ in Herat. The conference is organized by DACAAR and ICARDA with generous funding from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA). Furthermore, this event has the special support of the Afghanistan Ministry for Agriculture, [...]

The US Agency for International Development’s Afghanistan Small and Medium Enterprise Development (ASMED) project is partnering with the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) to facilitate the participation of 40 Afghan companies at the upcoming India International Trade Fair (IITF). The IITF 2007 will be held in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India from November 14-27.
The [...]

THE SWEDISH COMMITTEE FOR AFGHANISTAN, SCA, is conducting a two day international conference on Afghanistan 8 – 9 November 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden. Afghanistan is a country devastated by 30 years of conflict, Soviet occupation; civil war, Taliban regime and US war on terror have all affected the lives of ordinary Afghans. Today the violence [...]

The Centre for Policy Priorities (CFPP) is an independent think tank, research and training organization based in Kabul, Afghanistan. CFPP serves as a forum for (i) analysing policy proposals and public programs; (ii) undertaking independent research of current issues; (iii) creating friendly environment for meaningful dialogue between policymakers and stakeholders; (iv) overseeing political [...]

Officials from the 10 member countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) are gathering in the western Afghan city of Herat today for the five-day conference continuing through October 20. The organization brings together Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, and the five former Soviet republics of Central Asia.
The Council of Ministers meeting of the ECO [...]

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 today, [...]