Afghanistan's rug hunters risk death for last carpets
Share A worker holds a rug for drying on the rooftop of a washing factory in Herat, Afghanistan. afp Afghanistan’s rug hunters risk death for last carpets Sun, 7 March 2021 In his quest to track down the last of Afghanistan’s antique rugs, Chari Allahqul has weathered high-country blizzards, suffered beatings from armed robbers, and skirted fighting with insurgents. Often on horseback with donkeys in tow, he travels deep into the jagged badlands of northern Afghanistan searching for hand-woven carpets made by the country’s nomadic tribes. “The roads are dangerous, full of wolves and f...