A big trade and investment conference
opened in Afghanistan's capital Kabul today.
The two-day conference of the Economic Cooperation Organization,
or ECO, is aimed at promoting regional development,
with a focus on Afghanistan's public sector.
The ECO brings together Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan
and Afghanistan.
The conference, organized by the Afghan Ministry of
Commerce, brings together representatives from the governments,
businesses and non-governmental organizations from those
countries.
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