The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is escalating, and this time there is an alarming mortality rate of newborns. At the beginning of the year, the UN announced that if urgent action is not...

One of the lessons learned the ASEEL team has picked up throughout our 4 years of experience in Afghanistan working with artisans and the humanitarian sector is that Afghanistan has always had the...

In 2018, he made that dream a reality using $175,000 in savings and loans from family and friends, to launch the internet platform Aseel. The Etsy-style e-commerce site enables rural artisans to set...

When Mohammad Nasir went to a camp for internally displaced refugees in Kabul for the first time, people swarmed around him, trying to get their hands on packages of food he was carrying....

Aseel was established out of Afghanistan a little over three years ago. Since then, we have worked tirelessly to grow Afghanistan’s artisan sectors and local economies harnessing ecommerce technology and a diverse, young...

Earlier in the fall, the ASEEL team continued their support of the artisans in their network during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Though much of Afghanistan continue to operate as normally as possible, in-person...

Earlier this year, ASEEL was selected as one of the top 100 startups in the global Entrepreneurship World Cup. ASEEL competed with over 100,000 startups globally to be crowned as one of the...

In these unprecedented times, a little kindness goes a long way. And our ASEEL community showed kind support in our first fundraiser to help artisans through the Covid-19 crisis. ASEEL provided the first...

ASEEL has made it to the final round of two different pitch competitions. Since launching in May 2019 of last year, the team has been looking for funding opportunities to further their goals....

ASEEL was invited to participate at the Rug Pop Up, and our US-based team was more than excited to attend and participate in this event. KCEC’s mission to develop the Afghanistan carpet sector...