Tending the Flock - TIME Tending the Flock Babar Afzal in Stakmo village, situated on the outskirts of Leh. He helps Tsering Dolma with her daily chore of rounding up the goats, counting them and securing for the night. Photograph by Sumit Dayal for time By saving the pashmina goat, Babar Afzal hopes to rescue an entire people The goats scatter, seeking out foliage to nibble across the rocky terrain of Ladakh, an inhospitable part of India's Jammu and Kashmir state hard on the Himalayan mountains. Two ethnic Changpa goatherds greet a trio of outside visitors with a friendly juleh - hello in Ladakhi. Their hands busily circling Buddhist prayer beads, they listen as 38-year-old Babar Afzal asks questions, takes notes and explains the Pashmina Goat Project he established in 2012.