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We learned to know our driver in Peshawar in a souvenir shop for Osama Bin Laden where you could buy devotional objects but we just had a tea.

We hided under jackets and covers in the car. And passed several check points.

At the last control they raided the car and pulled the up the covers.
I was a bit sleepy and seconds later Carsten and me found ourselves standing in front of the car, an AK47 pointed at our sleeps towards the eyes.
The chief guard thought, we would be US people and they wanted our passports.

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Carsten and me looked us in the eyes and I decided to show the passport.

The Taliban saw that we are German.
He said: "Ah, you had Hitler. You can pass."

It did not make me comfortable, we drove to Darra, pretending to buy guns and paying the guy on the picture a bit to guide us around.

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Weapons of all kinds are copied in the Pakistani village. Darra Adam Khel is located in the border region with Afghanistan - the so-called tribal area of the Pashtoons in the NWFP region.

The typical armouries in Darra are built in the mountains. The Pashtuns sit in the dust by the fire and forge the iron, file the parts and assemble them.

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Negotiations about a rare Glock pistol

Village members discuss.
It sounds like the next family feud is about to escalate.
‘Don't worry,’ says Zack. "They are now agreeing on the price"

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Child labour is common in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - a child is grinding rifle magazines.

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