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AFGHANISTAN-ECONOMY-CARPET
In this photograph taken on December 17, 2014 an Afghan worker dyes thread at a carpet manufacturer in Herat. Some 42,500 women and their families are involved in the project which aims to provide a means of subsistence and potentially lead to international market access for silk producers in the country. Western Afghanistan, once a stop along the Silk Road trade route, has a long tradition in the silk production process dating back thousands of years. Carpets are Afghanistan's best-known export, woven mostly by women and children in the north of the country, a trade which once employed, directly or indirectly, six million people, or a fifth of the country's population, but that figure has dropped sharply. The popular wool and silk Afghan carpets made by different tribes sells from between 150 - 1,000 US dollars. AFP PHOTO/Aref Karimi
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Herat, AFGHANISTAN |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Aref Karimi |
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18 Decembrie 2014 |
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4928 x 3280 (1.26 MB) |
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