At a workshop in Kabul where carpets are made, hundreds of women and girls work in a cramped space, the air thick and stifling. Among them is 19-year-old Salehe Hassani. "We girls no longer have ...

At a workshop in Kabul where carpets are made, hundreds of women and girls work in a cramped space, the air thick and stifling. Among them is 19-year-old Salehe Hassani. "We girls no longer have ...

According to the UN, the livelihoods of about 1.2 to 1.5 million Afghans depend on the carpet weaving industry, with women making up nearly 90% of the workforce. In an economy that the UN warned ...

A Swedish student activist managed to prevent the deportation of an Afghan asylum seeker from Gothenburg airport by refusing to sit down until the man was removed from the flight. Elin Ersson ...

Officials at Chamber of Commerce and Industry have insisted that Afghan Government should do a lot to support the carpet weaving industry in the country, and enforce bills over the imported carpets ...