with these kind of rugs, it gets very tough to tell. If I had to make an educated guess, and I mean guess, I would say Turkey. But when you see things like this with bright colors and other stuff, it's not unusual it goes to local markets close to where it was made. In general, it seems like many rug producing countries have a higher ratio of brightly colored rugs locally than those of which are exported. The only flatweave rugs I really have any experience with are new india dhurries, select kilims, and new india soumac.

I have a book I can check up on what this may be going by design. Androckaway may be right. It is a newer looking rug, but Pro also has a point: it's not too often you see an Afghan carpet now with so many bright colors here in the states.

The other thing is the rug looks like a slightly different weave than a traditional kilim. Is the weaving or appearance of the rug different on the back than the front? I see this especially in the area where the field picks up with the blue yarn.

Is it a wool warp?

oops, I thought I had rear pics but had to go back and get a couple.

http://www.netjim.com/stuff/kilim_rear.html

Yea something is different about these Kilims. Do they look identical on the front and back? or are there some areas where the colors are inverse. I see what cloudband is saying about the weaving being kinda different. Do you have close up photos?

I see that now. This is a Jacquard loomed rug. It looks slightly different on one side than the other? This rug isn't woven on a traditional loom. We had a couple of these Chenille rugs from Italy that were woven in this manner. It's weird cause this rug shows a combination of several types of weaving. Are you looking for a value?

The general style/technique of weaving I believe is called "jacquard." These rugs come in many many colors, densities and designs and qualities.

Take a look at this youtube video. Be sure to pause somewhere around 6 seconds in. It shows a carpet of this type being power loomed then rolled back on itself on the bottom. As you can see, the portion of the rug which has already been woven and rolled at the bottom is the reverse of the rug. Also note, the face of the rug is inverse colors than that of the front.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-zqT7tPmVAo

I don't believe the rug you have is power-loomed, but this is the style of weaving which may be used for this rug. They can make them on a standard sit down loom which is not mechanized.