The Punishment of Virtue (23 page)

Baking bread, downtown Kandahar.

Spinning silk, Herat.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Spinning silk, Herat.

Threshing, Urozgan.

Casting brass spoons, Kandahar.

Feeding a wedding party at the house in the graveyard.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: A village council meeting, Arghandab.

Settling a dispute before the district council, Khakrez.

A nosegay, Tirin Kot, Urozgan Province.

A village elder in Helmand, explaining that water from the canal no longer reaches the village.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Bringing fodder home, Helmand.

A young shepherd, Arghandab.

Despite occasional intimidation, girls attend school.

A boy who just delivered milk to a collection point, Arghandab.