What a great place to start building bridges. I travelled through Afghanistan in the late 70s - Kabul was so cultured and beautiful then.
I haven't read all the posts, but Greg Mortensens books are a good place to start, and the bibliography in the back of his second book has some great resources. I am happy to send you a copy of either of these books, or you can buy them for an e - reader.
A useful website:
http://www.ikat.org/
Cheers - if you need supplies, let us know.