Entering the pistachio forest. Pistachio trees are growing wild and naturally here. This doesn't look like what most people call a forest but, nonetheless it is a pistachio forest. In the fall when the pistachios are ripe the area is cordoned off until it is decided the harvest can begin. At that time everyone is free to enter the area and pick all the pistachios they want. Many traders are available to buy the nuts from the pickers and resell them to other areas of the country and for export. The Blair Brainard Peace Corps in Afghanistan Photographic Collection captures the photographers experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan, primarily in the city of Herat, 1965-1968.