THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED
“How children master their lives in war-torn Afghanistan by engaging in ingenious commerce.”
A group of Kuchi children are living in a minefield around Bagram airfield, Afghanistan. They dig out anti-personal mines in order to sell the explosives to child workers mining in a Lappis Lazulli mine. The trajectory of the blue precious stones goes towards Tajikistan and China, through an area controlled by child soldiers. When they are not waging their own mini-wars in the daily madness of life in Afghanistan, the children are fleeing away in their personal fantasies and dreams, while the American soldiers are planning their retreat...
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“The poster features eight young boys, dressed in winter clothing and hats, standing in a line on a rocky, desolate terrain. Behind them, a vast, snow-covered mo”
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