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Still Stranded, 10 years on - The Kyrgyz of Afghanistan's Pamir mountains
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Summer expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe, one of the remotest high altitude communities in the world. Afghanistan

After shearing the sheep, the wool of the sheep is cut in smaller pieces. It is then used to make felt which are essential as covers for the yurts, saddles, blankets, carpets etc...At the Kyrgyz settlement of Ak Chyktash (Mullah Abdul Kassim's camp, aka Mullah Bachik)...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.

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After shearing the sheep, the wool of the sheep is cut in smaller pieces. It is then used to make felt which are essential as covers for the yurts, saddles, blankets, carpets etc...At the Kyrgyz settlement of Ak Chyktash (Mullah Abdul Kassim's camp, aka Mullah Bachik)...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.