Afghanistan is known as "the Crossroads of Central Asia" because of its location in the center of Iran, Pakistan, China and the former USSR. Afghanistan is a dry, mountainous land with many fertile valleys. Clinging to steep mountainsides, Nuristani villages maintain a precarious existence unchanged since ancient times. The only transportation is walking, often on treacherous trails. These people are suspicious of outsiders, even other Nuristani villagers from a few miles away...