Relations With United States
As of 2005, Afghanistan has no official copyright relations with the United States, resulting in works published in the country not being copyrighted in the United States, regardless of any local copyright laws in Afghanistan.
In October 2007, the US Department of Commerce and the Afghanistan Ministry of Commerce and Industry signed a joint agreement to establish a forum for commercial cooperation including establishing intellectual property rights protection and enforcement.
Read more about this topic: Afghanistan And Copyright Issues
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