Vendors at Ka Faroshi bird market in Afghanistan - in pictures

Kestrels, parrots, parakeets and pigeons for sale in Kabul

A bird vendor feeds his parakeet while waiting for customers in the Ka Faroshi bird market in Kabul. All photos by AFP

A boy holds two pigeons in the Ka Faroshi bird market.

A bird vendor holds two Indian ringneck parrots as he waits for customers in the market.

Bird vendors waiting for customers.

A bird vendor poses with two kestrels as he waits for customers in the Ka Faroshi bird market in Kabul on July 16, 2022. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

A bird vendor picks up a cage full of pigeons in the Ka Faroshi bird market in Kabul.

Vendors prepare bird cages.

A cage of pigeons in the Ka Faroshi bird market.

A pair of pigeons preen each other.

A pigeon stretches its wings.

People walking through the bird market.

A bird vendor holds a pigeon.

Bird vendors waiting for customers.

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