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Balkh tailoring centers employ women among 3,000 workers

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MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajwhok): Hundreds of women are among about 3,000 people working in 60 tailoring centers in northern Balkh province.

Sher Mohammad Sultani, tailors association head, told Pajhwok Afghan News 60 tailoring centers existed in Balkh, with women running half of them.

According to Sultani, 3,000 people work in these centers, mostly women.

He urged the Afghans to use domestic products to support the local industry.

Nazir Ahmad Dawoodi, a tailoring center owner, said they tailor clothes for children and produce jumpers and other garment products.

He said they supplied their products to markets in Kabul and . . .

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