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Life in an Afghan Tea-house

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There used to be a tea-house or chaikhana on every corner in Afghanistan. Today they're being displaced by coffee houses, but Auliya Atrafi of BBC Pashto has a soft spot for the traditional tea-house, where people chat and watch the world go by.

Image: Afghan man drinking tea in a tea-house in Herat
Credit: Aref Karimi/AFP/GettyImages

Published on Friday, 8th February 2019.

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