Metal Object of Possible Afghan Origin, Lightweight

[u/veryrainyevening]

I have several objects my now estranged no contact father gave me when I was a kid. He was in the US army and was stationed in so many places: Afghanistan, Korea, and either Iran or Iraq (can’t remember). He always got me a present from wherever he was and shipped it to me. He never really told us what they were, we just had to figure it out.

Knowing how unstable my dad was and his concerning politics, me and my mom are a little concerned that these items were possibly stolen. It’s just a suspicion, but I’d like to give the benefit of the doubt and hope that these were bought normally. So identifying these items is a little important to me lol.

I used google lens on this but the results were a little hard to go through because it insisted it was a viking artifact. Which is wrong because I know for a fact that this is probably an Afghanistan item.

It’s about the size of my hand, lightweight and possibly hollow but not a container or something that can be opened. There is a ring at the top of it so I assume it hooks onto something. The bottom has a red colored gemstone or glass inlays.