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"In response to the 10-year Soviet occupation, and to the invasion in 2001 by the United States and its allies, Afghan weavers created a new genre of Oriental carpet, the 'war rug.'
Instead of the traditional flowers and animals, these rugs are decorated with images of military equipment - fighter planes, tanks, assault rifles, bombs, land mines, and bullets, even maimed combatants and civilians."
Instead of the traditional flowers and animals, these rugs are decorated with images of military equipment - fighter planes, tanks, assault rifles, bombs, land mines, and bullets, even maimed combatants and civilians."
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