Exhibitors from Afghanistan participating in the Punjab International Trade Expo (PITEX), being held in Amritsar, showed gratitude towards the Union Government for giving them shelter temporarily.

Key Points:

• They said they were striving for better prospects of earning livelihood after the situation got worse with Taliban taking the reins of their native place.

• They are selling the best quality Afghani ‘kagzi almonds’, cashews and walnut, and organically grown saffron and dates at the exhibition.

• Born and brought up in Kabul, 20-year-old Mustafa does not want to recall how his parents had to abandon their jobs, property and shift to New Delhi for a safe life, a year ago.
  After Taliban started penetration into the Afghan area, we migrated to Noida temporarily after my parents quit their jobs and sold the assets.” Hailing from Mazar-i-Sharif, 23-year-old Farhad said the governance in Afghanistan had collapsed with the Taliban taking the control.