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Paper found on the ground of the only mosque in the Little Pamir (and highest one in Afghanistan!), built by Haji Osman, and used in the spring/autumn camp..On the way to Wakhjir valley, source of the Oxus river..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan

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Contained in galleries: Pamir, winter 2008, Afghanistan. Unvisited since 1972

Paper found on the ground of the only mosque in the Little Pamir (and highest one in Afghanistan!), built by Haji Osman, and used in the spring/autumn camp..On the way to Wakhjir valley, source of the Oxus river..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan