MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A female school student has established a rug-weaving workshop in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province and employed 70 female workers.
The workshop’s owner says her aim is to support women and provide them with employment opportunities in addition to learning the rug-weaving art.
Saliha Gholami, 16, said she was in grade 10th when the doors of her schools were closed and then she established the workshop by investing 35,000 US dollars.
She said 70 women worked in her workshop and most of them
were the bread winners of . . .
