Many of the bird vendors at Ka Faroshi Bird Market are concerned about a lack of customers.

The sale of birds has fallen for the past year, they say.

Mohammad Zahir, a resident of Kabul, has been selling several birds in the bird market for the past 30 years. He said that the bird market has recently declined.

"Everyone who passes by here has to gaze at these beautiful birds, but they cannot afford them," Mohammad Zahir said.

“Now the market for birds is down,” Hasibullah, a bird seller said.

Several bird sellers believe that the rise in poverty and unemployment is the reason for their falling bird sales.

"The market for birds is down, people are currently out of work, and when people are out of work and do not have money, they cannot keep birds, thus the markets are currently down,” said Abdul Jalil, a bird seller.

"The purchase and sale of chicken, partridge, and all birds has decreased. When there is no money, there is no job, everything is down,” said Gowhar Khan, a resident of Kabul.

The 200-year-old Ka Faroshi Bird Market has long served as a marketplace for selling domestic and foreign birds.

The Bird Market sells many bird species, with prices starting at 100 afghani.

Ka Faroshi Bird Market was considered a place to house government animals during the time of Timur Shah Durrani, the former ruler of the Durrani Empire.