A school (for girls!) is set up in the courtyard of a mosque....
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The backside of a Taxi in Quetta. Like Afghani trucks, taxi's are decorated in reds...
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The famous arch at the gate of the Khyber Pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan shows...
Tinsmith, hardware store, and one-stop shop for lamps and stoves....
Girls from a tribal clan wear embroidered headdresses....
Just east of the Afghan border, Quetta is a small town in Pakistan that is...
The way you make lumber in this part of the world is you saw a...
A white-washed board serves as a pratice paper for learning how to write. Urdu --...
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A tug-o-war is fun anyplace. These boys struggle on the only flat place large enough...
The hat bazaar in Peshawar. Like many markets round the world, merchants of one type...
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Coppersmith, in the metals bazaar. Copper and brassware is sold by the pound. The shape,...
A father, who makes his living turning out wooden bowls and the legs for cots...
The town of Dara lies in the Tribal Frontier area of Pakistan. It's a haven...
The art of painting hands and feet with henna dye is widespread in the mid-east...
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The northern frontier valleys of Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan (also called Nuristan) share a love...
One kid gets to play with the universal toy -- a hoop -- while the...
Green is the unofficial color of Islam, making its way onto national flags, mosque tiles,...
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