A legend claims that after Allah had finished creating the Earth, he was left with a handful of leftovers and debris. He pauses, slowly opens his hand and throws them to the ground. Steep mountain ranges, plunging gorges and vast deserts came into existence. And so Afghanistan was created. A Handful of Afghanistan is a documentary about a country where war and peace are melted into one. For thousands of pilgrims the trip to a New Year celebration in the city of Mazar-I Sharif, at the high mountain passes of Hindokush, becomes an epic battle with Nature. But in Afghanistan that is just the beginning.