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In Kandahar, carpet industry on the upswing

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The carpet industry has recently made ample headway in southern Kandahar province, where dozens of families are engaged in weaving rugs that have special global fame.

Earlier, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (DRRD) had distributed carpet-weaving equipment to hundreds of families returning from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran.

Qamar Gul, 45, a resident of the Mir Bazaar area of Kandahar City, is weaving carpets along with her two daughters. She returned to Kandahar a year ago from Pakistan, where she spent 25 . . .

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