This rug found its way from northern Afghanistan to Okinawa as a result of a carpet trade created to serve an off-base US military market. Its importer, a Pakistani expatriate, told me the most ...

Some will simply not compute because of their size or thickness, whereas three categories—Navajo rugs, Afghan war rugs and prayer rugs—are exempted by Kennedy based on what he calls his “old ...

Vendors there Sunday were selling everything from authentic Afghanistan rugs to vintage western gear that can’t be found anywhere else. Eddie Bloom served seven years in Afghanistan and had ...