A vendor checks carpets at a store in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 7, 2025. Afghanistan has exported carpets worth more than 15 million U.S. dollars over the past year, spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad, said. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
KABUL, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan has exported carpets worth more than 15 million U.S. dollars over the past year, spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad, said.
"Afghanistan exported 3,632 tons of carpet worth 15.2 million U.S. dollars in the year 1403 (in the Persian calendar commenced from March 21, 2025) to several countries," the state-owned Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA) cited Jawad on Tuesday as saying.
The Afghanistan-made carpet as the main export item of the country, according to the official had been exported to Pakistan, Iran, India, Germany, Canada, Holland, Saudi Arabia and several more countries.
The hand-woven Afghan carpet is popular worldwide and the carpet weaving art as a key traditional industry reportedly provided job opportunities for more than 1.2 million people, mostly women in the war-ravaged Afghanistan. ■
A man weaves a carpet in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 7, 2025.
Afghanistan has exported carpets worth more than 15 million U.S. dollars over the past year, spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad, said. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
A carpet vendor presents a hand-woven carpet at his store in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 7, 2025.
Afghanistan has exported carpets worth more than 15 million U.S. dollars over the past year, spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad, said. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
