Declining sales, increase in raw material prices and lack of access to foreign markets have worried carpet weavers in western Herat province. Yaqub Rahimi, owner of a carpet weaving shop, told Pajhwok Afghan News that most people…
A number of Kabul-based traders say the sale of Turkish and Iranian carpets has declined due to the current economic situation of the people. Mohammad Agha, selling Iranian and Turkish carpets in Kabul, told Pajhwok Afghan News his…
Some carpet weavers in northern Balkh province are concerned about the collapse of the carpet industry because of lack of domestic and international markets for locally produced rugs. “Tens of carpet businessmen closed their carpet weaving companies due…
Officials of the Association of Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters on Monday said that the Afghan carpet industry has recently progressed but Afghan carpets are still being exported to other countries as Pakistani product. The officials, who attended a…
Pakistan exports 90 percent of Afghanistan’s carpets to other countries under its own trademark, officials say. Previously, they recall, 60 percent of Afghanistan’s carpets were exported to Pakistan and 40 percent to other countries. The Afghanistan Carpet Production…
A number of women in central Ghor province are worried about declining sales of their hand-woven carpets and are urging the government to save the ancient industry and find market for their products. Having a very ancient history,…
Carpet exporters say only six of 40 carpet weaving and exporting companies are operational in the country’s north due to government’s negligence, insecurity, high material prices and mismatching international market demand. The Chamber of Commerce and industry of…
A resident of Nawar district of southern Ghazni province has woven Surah Yasin into a carpet, a task that took him 12 years to complete. Khuda Dad Haidari, with the help of his two daughters and a…
Afghan businessmen and carpet-weavers in Pakistan say hand-knotted rugs produced by Afghan refugees are exported to foreign countries as Pakistan-made. A Pajhwok Afghan News reporter discussed problems that forced Afghan carpet weavers to move to Peshawar and other…
Investors and carpet weavers in northern Faryab province on Saturday complained about what they called slow-paced construction work on the industrial park in Andkhoi district, fearing the negligence would damage the carpet industry. The carpet weaving industry recently…
Carpet weavers and investors in northern Faryab province expressed grave concern over a sharp 40 per cent decline in the industry, alleging that lack of market for their products had been a major reason for the decline. They…
KABUL won the international Oscar Carpet award for the second time in an international exhibition held in Germany. During the exhibition, six different types of Afghan hand-woven carpets were showcased, with two of them received the award, a statement from…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
GHAZNI CITY (PAN's handicrafts were showcased at exhibition in southeastern Ghazni province on Wednesday, an official said. Handicrafts of 30 females, who received a year-long vocational training, were displayed at the Women's Affairs Department in Ghazni City. Women's Affairs Director…
