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able Afghan Afghanistan agricultural ailoq animals Arabs arbob Badakhshan bazaar became become Bukhara camp cash Central claim clan close common contract cost cotton crop Darwaz demand dependent economy ejaza ethnic ewes fact farmers give grazing groups herd owners Imam Saheb important increased interest investment Kata Khan Kunduz labor lack lambs land live major manager meat migration milk mountains move nature nomads obtain officials organization Pashtuns pastoralists pasture Persian plain political poor position possible problems profit purchase Qataghan qishloq raised reason region remained result River salt seer sell sheep shepherd social sold Spinzar spring structure summer Tajiks town trade traditional urban Uzbeks valley villages wages wealthy winter women wool