Workin' for a Living in Charikar
Here are some scenes from working life in Charikar, capital of Parwan Province, Afghanistan. I really like Charikar, and for some odd reason, I have been thinking about it a lot the last couple of days.
Remember the Central Asian Child Labor Law - Children shall labor, that is the law.
Think of this fellow next time you have your bicycle repaired - bet you haven't hit the kind of holes he has to repair damage from...
When you go to Home Depot and pull a board of the shelf, it doesn't seem remarkable does it? well, in Charikar, if you want a piece of lumber of a certain size, it has to be hand plained that way.
Remember the Central Asian Child Labor Law - Children shall labor, that is the law.
Think of this fellow next time you have your bicycle repaired - bet you haven't hit the kind of holes he has to repair damage from...
When you go to Home Depot and pull a board of the shelf, it doesn't seem remarkable does it? well, in Charikar, if you want a piece of lumber of a certain size, it has to be hand plained that way.
posted by LTC John at 7:49 AM
4 Comments:
Afghans can fix ANYTHING... For how long the repair lasts, eh?
I keep seeing re-runs of Little House on the Prairie, Afghan-style.
Little Mud Brick House on the Dasht-e-Bagram?
There ya go! LOL!!!!
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