PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The Information and Culture Department of northern Baghlan provinces says about 2,000 women are busy making handicrafts in factories at the recently opened special marketplace for women in the provincial capital, Pul-i-Khumri..
Maulvi Izatmir Haqqani, an official of the department, told Pajhwok that currently about 2,000 girls were working in shops such as sewing cloths, embroidering leather, weaving carpets and cooking food items.
He said this year the number of girls in handicrafts factories increased after the opening of the special marketplace for women in Pul-i-Khumri City.
Haqqani said women . . .
