enhanced_deficit
03-26-2015, 10:30 AM
So these so called "9/11 millionaires" are mostly foreigners or Americans among them too?
The Afghan translator who became a 9/11 millionaire
By Sana Safi BBC Afghan Service, Kabul
25 March 2015
Afghanistan claims to be "open for business", and some super-rich Afghans have begun investing in their own country. But how soon can their money start replacing the billions of dollars in overseas aid the country has had so far?
The "9/11 millionaire" is how Afghan entrepreneur and businessman Fahim Hashimy is often described. He made his fortune, which he modestly calls "small-sized", from contracts supplying Americans in the wartime years.
Before the international involvement in Afghanistan, Mr Hashimy - born and raised in Kabul - was a young English-language teacher and owned a bicycle.
Once he was firmly established with the military, and accustomed to "the American and British" way of doing things, he used his strong business nose to secure supply contracts from the international forces, starting with a small $600 order for bed sheets.
US soldiers needed goods and equipment, and Mr Hashimy was able to provide them That was in 2005.
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/625/media/images/81871000/jpg/_81871533_624xgettypalm98811323.jpg
The exclusive Palm Jumeirah resort in Dubai attracts many rich Afghans - and former warlords
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32008567
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The Afghan translator who became a 9/11 millionaire
By Sana Safi BBC Afghan Service, Kabul
25 March 2015
Afghanistan claims to be "open for business", and some super-rich Afghans have begun investing in their own country. But how soon can their money start replacing the billions of dollars in overseas aid the country has had so far?
The "9/11 millionaire" is how Afghan entrepreneur and businessman Fahim Hashimy is often described. He made his fortune, which he modestly calls "small-sized", from contracts supplying Americans in the wartime years.
Before the international involvement in Afghanistan, Mr Hashimy - born and raised in Kabul - was a young English-language teacher and owned a bicycle.
Once he was firmly established with the military, and accustomed to "the American and British" way of doing things, he used his strong business nose to secure supply contracts from the international forces, starting with a small $600 order for bed sheets.
US soldiers needed goods and equipment, and Mr Hashimy was able to provide them That was in 2005.
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/625/media/images/81871000/jpg/_81871533_624xgettypalm98811323.jpg
The exclusive Palm Jumeirah resort in Dubai attracts many rich Afghans - and former warlords
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32008567
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