Monthly Archives: November 2014

International Politics and the Afghan Oriental Rug Trade

International Politics and the Afghan Oriental Rug Trade

A recent article in the Washington post titled “US hopes to revive Afghan rug trade” by Glenn Kessler outlined the involvement of the Pentagon with the Afghan Oriental rug trade. Afghanistan is a nation with some 1 million people involved in a cottage industry of weavers who work mostly in their homes hand knotting Oriental […]