Afghan rugs are renown for their colors and scenes depicting life. Whether that be a countryside scene, a wedding, the Twin Towers or AK-47s laced by hand grenades. Many in Kabul and around the country have come to depend on selling these rugs as a main revenue stream. Unfortunately the country's infrastructure has diminished to the point where rugs can no longer be completed in country. Clean water is so sparse that none can be spared to clean the unfinished rugs before they are cut and finished. Weavers have to send their unfinished rugs to Pakistan to be finished, from there they are sold to dealers in California and around the world.
This is the state of things in Afghanistan as reported by an April 12 article in the Canadian News, "War is commodity: Afghan war rugs turn a profit on violence."
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