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Afghan fabric traders

Afghan fabric traders in Ishkashim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

 

The man to the right is wearing the pakol, the traditional woollen hat of the Pashtuns, but also of other ethnic groups of the Hindukush like Panjshiris, Chritralis. The pakol owes its fame to Ahmad Shah Massoud, the lion of the Panjshir.

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Uploaded on September 17, 2012
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