Sitting on the floor of a dilapidated workshop in the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak, a group of men break apart discarded electronics to search for the smattering of gold inside. It's a profitable, but ultimately doomed trade as modern electronics are increasingly built with cheaper metals.
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00:30It takes a lot of time to finish this.
00:35We don't have machinery here.
00:40We don't have a lot of equipment.
00:45If we had more equipment, we would be able to make a lot of money.
00:50We don't have a lot of equipment.
00:55We have a lot of equipment in Kandahar.
01:00But we have to protect all the equipment we have.
01:05We have to protect the equipment we have.
01:17The health of the people is very good.
01:22The only person who can't clean the sand is the one who has a 24-hour fix.
01:29The 24-hour fix is between him and me.
01:32Whatever I have removed, the 24-hour fix is between us.
01:52The people of Afghanistan buy the sand and make jewelry out of it.
02:21I can guarantee you that in all of Afghanistan, especially in Kandahar,
02:33there is nothing but sand that is not worth money.