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English: ...One such punishment was the "man-cage," like this one at Lateh Band Pass. A thief was "put in this iron cage, raised to the top of the pole, so that his friends could not pass food or poison to him, and here he was left to die."
Date January 1921 (first published)
Source National Geographic, 1921, "Every-Day Life in Afghanistan" http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/flashback/2001?image=9
Author Associated Press / World Wide Photos

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