This image depicts an indoor stone crafting workshop in Kandahar, Afghanistan. A man with a dark beard and mustache wears a dark brown knitted cap, a light brown long-sleeved tunic, and red fabric wrapped around his lower body, sitting cross-legged on a dusty floor. He is engaged in working on a small, light-colored stone object held in his left hand, utilizing a rotary tool with a grinding bit operated by his right hand. A bowl filled with murky white liquid, likely water mixed with stone dust, rests directly in front of him. The immediate workspace is covered in light-colored stone dust and scattered fragments of various colored materials, including blue, white, and pink chips. To the man's right, a metal motor assembly with exposed electrical wires sits on a dusty wooden surface, adjacent to a partially visible blue and white box. The background features a grimy window on the left, with a black plastic bag hanging from a hook on the wall below, and a white plaque inscribed with red Arabic script ("Ya Allah"). The wall to the right is discolored and cracked, with a brown and a blue fabric draped over another fixture.

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Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 11:29 AM

Kandahar, Afghanistan

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