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Article: Entrepreneur hopes to bottle success in Afghanistan.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 22, 2007
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Byline: Mark Sappenfield Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- There is no chatter of gunfire or smell of smoke, but this plot of ground near Kabul is every bit as important to the future of Afghanistan as any battlefield teeming with Taliban.
The warehouse that stands here, surrounded by high walls and razor wire, holds the hope of a more prosperous Afghanistan. It is the home of Afghanistan Beverage Industries Ltd., the nation's first bottled-water maker and employer of nearly 150 Afghans.
For all the focus on nascent democracy, it is jobs that Afghans say they want - and jobs that will diminish the Taliban's ...