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| The Times of India | November 14, 2007 | |
| President Pratibha Patil will inaugurate the 27th edition
of the fortnight-long IITF 2007 at the India’s biggest exhibition
complex, Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi today
IITF is the largest event of its kind in Asia. This year the overseas participants are from Australia,
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Brazil, China … |
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| Afghani Magic World at Your Doorsteps! | |
| HT.com | November 14, 2007 | |
| Want to visit the ‘Land of Afghans’, right here at Delhi. Here’s the opportunity for you to do so. The 27th India International Trade Fair (IITF) at Pragati Maidan kiosks 40 Afghan businesses, giving you a taste of Afghani culture and goods. | |
| Afghan Businesses Take Small Steps into the Outside World | |
| Hindustan Times | November 14, 2007 | |
| Small businesses
in war-ravaged Afghanistan are beginning to take their first tentative
steps towards normalization and are realizing the need for integrating
with a globalizing neighborhood.
After more than 20 years, traders and businessmen from
cities like Herat, Kandahar, Kabul and Jalalabad are spreading out to
a vastly expanding Indian market. As many as 40 firms, with eight of
them headed by women, have set foot in India to participate in the ongoing
India International Trade Fair (IITF). |
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| Fair Trade | |
| The Pioneer | November 16, 2007 | |
| A new participant in this year’s fair is Afghanistan. Supported by USAID, its products are on display for the first time in India. We suggest you go for its handloom textiles. Each piece is laboriously woven by a single worker to maintain continuity of pattern and consistency. | |
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| The Hindu | November 16, 2007 | |
| Looking good! Are
you sure?
An exhibitor displaying
traditional costumes and headgear at the Afghanistan Pavilion during
the India International Trade Fair in New Delhi |
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| Afghan Women Come a Long Way | |
| Hindustan Times | November 17, 2007 | |
| Until a few years
ago, 37-year-old Fauzia Hashmi lived under the Taliban’s shadow
in Kabul. Today, things have changed. Hashmi is now an entrepreneur, with
international customers queuing up. On Friday, crowds thronged her outlet at the India International Trade Fair (IITF), checking out the breathtaking traditional Afghan handloom dresses she has brought. |
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Visitor Walks Past the Afghanistan Stall … |
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| .The Financial Express | November 18, 2007 |
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| .A visitor walks
past the Afghanistan stall at the 27th India International Trade Fair,
in New Delhi. The fair, which opened on November 14 and will continue
till November 27, has over 5,500 enterprises participating. This includes
over a hundred participating countries like Germany, Japan, UK, Korea,
Bangladesh, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Pakistan. |
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| Far
from Guns, Afghanistan’s Fruitful Presence |
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| .Times
News Network | November 22, 2007 |
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| Afghanistan may not
conjure up great images in the mind, but at the IITF, the country is putting
its best foot forward. The result is impressive as its stall in Hall No.
8 is being supported by USAID.
From exotic Afghani melons and pomegranates to jewellery studded with the blue lapis lazuli stone, authentic Afghanistan is on display here. |