Original sentence: Afghan Rugs and Carpets: Rugs from Afghanistan.Afghan businessmen in the United States received more than one million US dollar demands for further quality handicraft mat after all their rugs put for display were sold out.Afghan carpets are known to be expensive, but are extremely durable and gain more value as they get older.Afghan products are beginning to regain its popularity today.Afghan rugs.An Afghan rug (or Afghan carpet) is a type of hand-made floor-covering textile traditionally made in Afghanistan.Another staple of Afghanistan is Baluchi rugs, most notably Baluchi prayer rugs.Approximately 97% of the Afghan rugs has been transacted under other countries' names like Iran and Pakistan.However, Afghan businessmen or traders with the help from the government of Afghanistan are seeking ways to end this.Hundreds of Afghan immigrants living in the U.In any case, Afghan rugs are genuine, often charming — and usually phenomenally inexpensive.In early 2008 the Afghan carpets were put for display in another international exhibition in Germany, out of 1442 carpet producers from 80 countries across the globe Afghan carpet won the first position in the competition.Many Afghan carpet weavers work in neighbooring Pakistan in that country's carpet industry where they have successfully incorporated their designs as well as using Pakistani enhanced wool.Many of the Afghan rugs are also now woven by the Afghan refugees who still reside in Pakistan and Iran.Many patterns and colors are used, but the traditional and most typical is that of the octagonal elephant's foot (Bukhara) print, often with a red or tan background (picture).One of the most exotic and distinctive of all Oriental rugs is the Shindand or Adraskand (named after neighboring villages), woven near Herat in western Afghanistan.Strangely elongated human and animal figures are their signature look.The people who weave rugs in Afghanistan also include Turkmens, Hazaras, Aimaks, and others.They are made by Afghanistan's Baloch people, also in the western parts of the country.Various vegetable and other natural dyes are used to produce the rich colors.War rugs.are involved in the Oriental rug business, and many frequent the Middle East in search of merchandise.sv:Afghanmatta
Edited sentence: REDIRECT Turkmen rug