Workers digging a bypass for an irrigation dam

Posted by Steve Palubinski (Town & Country, Afghanistan) on 19 November 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture.

A dam was built by the community on the Aqcha river near Kalta Shak to divert irrigation water to 13 villages. Men from the 13 villages such as those pictured serve time on the work. As many as 600 shovels have been at work at one time.