This photograph of pomegranate sellers in Kandahar is from an album of
rare historical photographs depicting people and places associated with
the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The merchants are clustered about the side
of a main road. Kandahar, located in southern Afghanistan, is renowned
for its pomegranate production, and the country’s pomegranates, which
have been a staple crop in the region for centuries, are considered
among the best in the world. Pomegranate trees are indigenous to the
region from Iran to the Himalayas and have been cultivated in the
Mediterranean and elsewhere since ancient times.
Source: Library of Congress
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