LinkAfghan President Hamid Karzai opened an investment conference yesterday with a plea for businesses to come and make money while acknowledging there were still problems including red tape and corruption.
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Nevertheless, Karzai said Afghanistan provided numerous opportunities. “Afghanistan needs investment in every walk of life,” Karzai told the opening of the conference, organised by the state-backed Afghanistan Investment Support Agency. “Whoever invested in Afghanistan in the past four years has earned a lot,” he said. “Those who invest now in the still fresh, needy, greedy market in Afghanistan will make a lot.”