In the harsh Afghan landscape, young members of the Kuchi tribe extract abandoned Soviet mines and peddle the explosives to child laborers in a lapis lazuli mine. Meanwhile, another group of children vigilantly oversees the convoys transporting the precious blue gemstones across the arid Pamir mountains, all while dreaming of the day American forces leave their homeland.
The Land of the Enlightened
A group of Afghan children from the Kuchi tribe salvage old Soviet mines and trade the explosives to young workers in a lapis lazuli mine, as they hope for the day when American troops leave their homeland.
