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10 years ago, it was destroyed 파괴하다, 훼손하다 by violence and gunfire 포격. On Sunday, in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, it returned to life. The move comes just weeks after Coca Cola faced attack on its health and safety standards in India, one of the world’s fastest growing economies. Our business reporter, karishima Basyani, sends this report.

 

A presidential welcome for the king of soft drinks. Coca Cola’s new plant in Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul was inaugurated 준공식을 행하다, 정식으로 발족시키다 by the president of the country, Hamid Karzai. Prayers 기도, 기원 and blessings 축복 accompanied 동반하다, 곁들이다 the opening of the new factory. Afghanistan’s president is hopeful Coke’s new venture 모험적 사업, 시도 will create much needed jobs for the thousands of Afghans who are still struggling ~하려고 분투하다, 애쓰다 to find work in the war-torn 전쟁으로 피폐한 state.

 

We are very grateful 감사하는 to the Coca Cola Company, which is one of the biggest companies in the world, to give Afghanistan a license to open its branch 지점 and produce its products in our country.

 

The bright red banners of the American soft drink giant are a welcome sight in Kabul. Foreign investment in this city is hardly visible after 5 years of ongoing violence. Afghanistan is hoping Coke’s $25 million bottling plant will boost 돋우다, 끌어올리다 the economy and lure 유인하다 more foreign investors to the country.

 

But doing business in Afghanistan is tough. Consumption here is extremely <강조> 몹시 weak. The average Afghan makes about $200 a year. Many say investment should be focused on building better infrastructure 사회의 기본적 시설, 인프라 and ending the fighting.

 

Coca Cola, though <문미, 문중에 두어> 그러나, 그렇지만, is keen 예민한, 경계하는 to spread its business in the region. Just last month, there was the target of angry demonstrations in India after allegations <충분한 근거가 없는> 주장, 탄원 were made by environmental groups about health and safety standards in its soft drinks. The claims 주장, 불만, 해명요구were refuted 반박하다, but Coke’s still battling the negative publicity 평판. karishima Basyani , BBC News.

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