HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): More than 1,000 female entrepreneurs have been issued business licenses in the western zone of the country, especially in Herat province, officials said on Tuesday.
The number of female entrepreneurs has been increasing day by day, officials say.
Behnaz Saljoqi, deputy head of Afghanistan Women Chambers of Commerce and Industry (AWCCI), told Pajhwok Afghan there were only 80 to 100 businesswomen in Herat when the Islamic Emirate (IE) took over, but their number reached to one thousand in the western zone during the past two years.
“We have registered about 525 female entrepreneurs in Herat who . . .
