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Sunday, 22 August 2021

Why a Bengal village is losing its sleep over Afghanistan crisis

A cluster of families in Sonamukhi - a Bengal town some 3,000km from Kabul - are watching the events unfolding in Afghanistan with more than the normal degree of interest. For more than half a century, these families in Bankura district have had a thriving trade relation with Afghanistan, supplying high-quality silk turbans, or saafa, to Kabuliwallahs.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2WgdFde

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