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The Gun Markets of Pakistan with Suroosh Alvi

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What it is

A VICE report from 2011 in which Suroosh Alvi revisits the gun markets in Pakistan's tribal areas, a stronghold of the Taliban. It shows weapons being made and sold by hand and a country described as a powder keg.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as a visual reference for hand-built firearms and craft gunsmithing, especially in threads on 3D-printed and home-made guns.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “VICE video from 2011 on the same gun markets of Pakistan, I started following VICE after I saw that video.”

    Documentary on Pakistan gun markets that led commenter to follow VICE

    sumedh, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “The Last Gunsmiths of the Khyber Pass”

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Topics: pakistan, gunsmithing, khyber pass, vice, tribal areas

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