Delivering "rough" carpets to the market place.

"Rough" Chubran carpets on back of horse cart.

Man showing me an attractive Nazk-bahf kilim. The kilims on the donkey cart are new arrivals.

Man in market place walking around trying to sell his carpet.

My friend Khalil Turkmen. He sells Khan Mamoudi and Chubrang carpets. Here he is carrying a Chubrang.

Having tea in the Karquin wholesale carpet market, downtown Peshawar.

Carpet seller having tea in the Karquin wholesale carpet market.

Carpet sellers at the Karquin market.

Tea in the Karquin carpet market.

Man on the left goes to Afghanistan to procure roots & plants used to make natural dyes for carpets, in particular the Chubrang.

Man making carpet fringe on Chubrang carpet; after this the carpet goes for stretching.

Man preparing carpet for flattening/stretching which is the final step in carpet making.

Man preparing Chubrang carpet for flattening/stretching.

Man making sure that the carpet is uniformly level.

Turkman preparing Chubrang carpet. Turkman and Kazak people make these carpets in Peshawar.

Men preparing carpets for flattening/stretching.

Man with teapot; stretched Chubrang on roof

Typical Peshawar bus and rickshaw.

Khyber Bazaar in Peshawar

Peshawar Chuba Chok carpet market

Peshawar Chuba Chok carpet market; donkey cart with carpets in foreground.

My friend Akal Din who sells jewelry, antiques and silk shawls. He's from Waziristan.

Bead shop. You can buy all kinds of semi-precious stone beads here. The stones come from Afghanistan.