Kabul school saving Afghan artisans from extinction


Afghan students working on a Jali wood-carving during a Jali screen workshop at the Turquoise Mountain Foundation in Mourad Khani in the old city section of Kabul. Ceramics, carpentry, calligraphy and gem cutting: centuries of Afghan craftmanship honed on the ancient Silk Road are being preserved in Kabul. – AFP pic, August 21, 2017.

CERAMICS, carpentry, calligraphy and gem cutting: centuries of Afghan craftmanship honed on the ancient Silk Road are being preserved in Kabul, a rare success story for an aid project in the war-torn country that organisers are now hoping to replicate with refugees from Syria.

In the 16 years since the fall of the Taliban, the Turquoise Mountain foundation has found some of Afghanistan’s best artisans and helped them preserve and pass on their skills, as well helping them showcase their work in international markets. 


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