March 20, 2009
— excerpt — Anyone lucky enough to score a spot at the table next to Aly Mawji, the Afghanistan head of the Aga Khan Foundation for Development, can expect to learn a lot about the situation in the country over dessert.
Mawji is an Ismaili Muslim from England with manners as impeccable as his suits. As head of the largest aid organization operating in Afghanistan, he supervises a staff of 3,500 employees. The Aga Khan Foundation has invested $750 million (€551 million) in the country since 2001, more than any other aid organization. It created the successful Roshan telecommunications company and operates a bank for microloans. The Aga Khan is renovating entire downtown areas, and he built Kabul’s five-star Serena Hotel.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,614555-5,00.html
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