JALALABAD (PAN): A day-long exhibition of women's handicrafts, arranged under the aegis of the Cross-Cutting Consulting Group (CCCG) on Counter-Narcotics was opened at the Sherzai Stadium in this eastern city on Sunday.

As many as 150 women from the 22 districts of Nangarhar province displayed their products, Baryalai Wyar, the CCCG media head, told Pajhwok Afghan News.

"The aim is to encourage and promote handicrafts and enhance women's role in family economy," he said, adding another slogan of the competition was to find market for such products. 

Women Affairs Department Director Shila Baburi stressed females have economic emancipation. She said the handicrafts benefited women financially and served as a useful pastime for them.

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