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One of the shop i found of my interest at centaurus is Afghan Carpet. We usually found lots of beautiful carpets and rugs in the market that ranges from least 6,000 Rs to 5 lacs in most prices. In Pakistan most of them are suppose to be Afghan made but normally when you ask from shop keeper they will tell you that they are imported from Iran. May be the reason is that in Afghanistan due to unstable situation carpet weaving industry is not flourishing. At few places hand made rugs are weave by kids, women and men but they doesn't comes in markets on commercial level. One such Carpet shop i visited a year back at Peshawar near Karkhano market. For details Click here Afghan carpet shop in Peshawar

         There are lots of traditional design's carpets available in the market. Last day i happen to visit a carpet market situated in "BARA market" Peshawar. Though nomadic and tribal Afghan population constantly traveling from one place to another.Their rugs mostly woven on small portable looms are mainly produced for use in their homes or selling on very small scale. some times these hand woven carpets are too much expensive to purchase for ordinary use.            Usually Afghan carpets are famous but i was surprised to know that non of these carpets are Afghan made. It included Turkish, Iranian, Tajikistan and other such countries with Chinese made in abundance. The shop owner told me the reason that carpet weaving machinery is so expensive and hard to manage in a country like Afghanistan. So mostly the owners would prefer to start their carpet weaving industry in other countries like Turkey, Iran, Pakist...