In an overflowing hardware shop in Kandahar, Afghanistan, a middle-aged man with a grey-streaked beard and a patterned turban concentrates on sharpening a metal blade against a spinning grinding wheel. Sparks erupt from the point of contact. The shop is crammed with tools, chains, locks, metal rods, and rolls of wire mesh, hanging from the ceiling and filling every available space. The man is wearing a dark, long-sleeved shirt, and the base of the grinding wheel is painted with red and white patterns.Daily life captured in Kandahar markets
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Tue, May 26, 2026, 02:15 PM

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Kandahar, Afghanistan

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In an overflowing hardware shop in Kandahar, Afghanistan, a middle-aged man with a grey-streaked beard and a patterned turban concentrates on sharpening a metal blade against a spinning grinding wheel…read more

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