This is 35 year-old Abdul Qadir Yadgar who lives in Islambad village of Jazeera district in Takhar province. Qadir married some 12 years ago and has 6 kids, including 4 girls and 2 boys.
Qadir and I hop on a makeshift boat constructed from inflated tire tubes and bamboo. We head towards a dry riverbed across from his house on the other side of the river. We arrive at a rocky riverbed where Qadir and his partners wash off the gravel and sand in search of gold.
"This profession requires teamwork and cannot be done alone," Qaidr says while we wait for his partners to arrive so they can start working. Qadir is a supervisor and must arrive before his partners to designate the spot they will work each day.
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