• Laborers sort cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 11 June 2022. According to the Kandahar Chamber of Commerce, there are 22 cotton processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces around two thousand tons of cotton, which as well as the usual export to Pakistan, for the first time a major part of the cotton was exported to Iran and Turkey, and the rest used as raw material for the oil industry, animal feed and the soap industry. These factories are the only factories which have activity in Kandahar. EPA / STRINGER
    Laborers sort cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 11 June 2022. According to the Kandahar Chamber of Commerce, there are 22 cotton processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces around two thousand tons of cotton, which as well as the usual export to Pakistan, for the first time a major part of the cotton was exported to Iran and Turkey, and the rest used as raw material for the oil industry, animal feed and the soap industry. These factories are the only factories which have activity in Kandahar. EPA / STRINGER
  • Labourers sort cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce says there are 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces about 2,000 tonnes of cotton for export.
    Labourers sort cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce says there are 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces about 2,000 tonnes of cotton for export.
  • Labourers sort cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce says there are 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces about 2,000 tonnes of cotton for export.
    Labourers sort cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce says there are 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces about 2,000 tonnes of cotton for export.
  • A labourer sorts cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce says there are 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces about 2,000 tonnes of cotton for export.
    A labourer sorts cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce says there are 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces about 2,000 tonnes of cotton for export.
  • A labourer sorts cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce says there are 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces about 2,000 tonnes of cotton for export.
    A labourer sorts cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce says there are 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces about 2,000 tonnes of cotton for export.
  • A labourer sorts cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce says there are 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces about 2,000 tonnes of cotton for export.
    A labourer sorts cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce says there are 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces about 2,000 tonnes of cotton for export.
  • Labourers sort cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce says there are 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces about 2,000 tonnes of cotton for export.
    Labourers sort cotton sacks at a factory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce says there are 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar Industrial Park, which produces about 2,000 tonnes of cotton for export.

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Cotton processing in Afghanistan's Kandahar - in pictures

Labourers at one of the 22 cotton-processing factories in Kandahar

The National

June 12, 2022

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Updated: June 12, 2022, 12:36 PM
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