Ambassador Jawad Invites Investors to Afghanistan
7.20.2006
Ambassador Jawad and Acting Commercial Attache Khaleda Atta spoke at a roundtable at University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University’s Colleges of Agriculture on June 6 and 7. In his address, the Ambassador cited the many positive measures taken by the Afghan government in the past four and a half years to develop Afghanistan’s economy: “the pursuit of market-driven, private sector led growth, combined with significant investment in human capacity, physical infrastructure, legal reform, and institution building.” The Ambassador also encouraged his audience to invest in a variety of Afghanistan’s sectors including natural resources, telecommunications, food processing, and carpet production. The speakers also discussed higher education and institution building with a special focus on how agricultural colleges in the US can facilitate growth and development of the agriculture sector in Afghanistan.
