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 and other interested parties.

This directory, which is going to be published on annual basis, provides a listing of approximately 3,000 companies currently active throughout Afghanistan and contains the basic contact information of foreign and local companies. The companies are categorized into sectors and broken down alphabetically by company name.

Event’s Date: Monday March 17, 2008

Event Time: 02:00 pm

Place of Event: AISA Conference Hall

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Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA)

Opposite Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Kabul-Afghanistan

Tel: +93-20 210 3404

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NEDA
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CeReTechs:
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