Although advanced tools have been used for grinding wheat in recent years, in Kunduz, wheat is still ground using water mills.

Primitive tools, shaped by human hands, which have been used for centuries and convert wheat into flour with the help of water pressure, are considered not only a sacred duty but also the best source of income for many families.

These mills have a history of over a hundred years.

Zainullah, who is responsible for a mill in Kunduz, says that despite the development of advanced tools and machines, he still has many customers.

"It is beneficial for everyone; it produces bread and is powered by water, not burned. Customers complain about these other mills and machines, but thankfully, no one has complained to us yet," said Zainullah.

Another mill manager in Kunduz, Abdul Wali, said: "The process also produces bran, and it is beneficial for diabetes and stomach disease. Many mills have been established, but this place has not collapsed."

Residents of Kunduz say that the flour from traditional mills is of higher quality compared to that from mechanical mills, which is why they are still used today.

A resident of Kunduz, Amirullah, said: "This is flour from a mill; it does not burn because it is ground with water. It also produces bran which makes good bread."

Another resident of the province, Gulbuddin, said: "The flour, which is available in the market, is low in quality compared to this flour. I have been buying it from here for 17 years, and no one has made a complaint yet."

The large wooden wheel, large stones shaped in a circular form; a huge wooden bowl in which the wheat is poured into the mill's troughs is an essential and fundamental part of a mill.

The wheel moves with the pressure of water, and subsequently, the large stones grind against each other, turning the wheat into flour.