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 and present heads of state.

“Afghanistan is the place to do business in,” Karzai said as he urged
entrepreneurs to invest in his war-torn country.

Afghanistan was a country beginning from ground zero, he observed, saying
investment in any area of public consumption yielded massive returns.
“Investment is profitable in Afghanistan,” he insisted.

In a bid to allay the corporate industry’s security concerns, Karzai said:
“Of course risk is everywhere. The perception of security and actuality of
security in Afghanistan is different.”

Narrating the success story of mobile phones, Karzai said: “Investments in
Afghanistan have increased and offer a lot of opportunities for the future.
The best example is that of mobile phones.”

And then he suddenly took out a pen from his pocket. As if he was a
marketing executive, Karzai said: “We just began using the Afghan Pen. I
have one in my pocket. It is called Afghan which means Afghan Smooth. It
runs smooth, you can try it. Afghanistan is the place for business.”

The panel discussion was moderated by Clinton himself, who asked Karzai:
“If someone here is interested in investing in Afghanistan, is there a
reasonable chance to get back his investment?”

Source:(Pajhwok Afghan News)