Al Jazeera's David Foster learns first-hand about the Afghan obsession with kite fighting when he is taken to a Kabul graveyard to participate in the game.
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Good for the Afghan community
This guy’s excited about kites.
those kites are huge tho, i can build a smaller diamond shaped kite thats more agile.
that must there prototype bird shit dropper and peble buster carriers
The journalist guy should learn how to hold the string reel (charkha). Where was he when he was young??? Someone should teach him properly!! Nice kites though! I wish I had one
Were’s Bin Laden, love to rap that string round his neck.
it seems safe as long as your not running past peoples necks
is Al Jazeera stationed in palestine or Lebanon, i notice alot of white or brownish commentators have an english accent of some kind.. i find that really cool but i know Al Jazeera is a neutral none biased news network. just wondering if it is the main news source for the middle east. on a sub continent level. i know i sound funny when i ask and i know taht each country in the middle east have hundreds of their own networks.
@digitsync2 yeah, but they make kebab.
Taliban
Old man take multiple women as wive (even under age, see movie Osama) is OK.
Kids (or adults) flying kite having clean family fun is NOT OK.
Play music and dance (except men doing saw dance or some sort) is NOT OK.
Woman go to school (suppressing women, knowledge is power) is NOT OK.
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What they are good at is terrorize the powerless, picking disrespect and destroy others cultures and values.
This Dudes better be happy to be alive.
Send Napalm
They said it was “un-islamic.”
afghan pride i still make kites but not better as they do i wanna go back to my hometown again
its is banned in Pakistan too and is allowed for a short period in Lahore. cause the string of the kite is covered with glass or chemical that makes it sharp and hence allows flyers to cut others kites. But the same thread cause many motorcycle riders and infants deaths as it cuts through the throat in a single swing. So a lot of fun + a lot of morning in the kite season. I would prefer safety over fun.
fuck u this was gay
that is the place where they’re recording the kite runner! awesome movie…
yup finally finished it,we are doing it in English
now i have to write an essay :S
Few minutes ago, I finished reading it.. That’s how I found this video actually….
what did the taliban have against flying a kite?
was it just fun was not allowed to be had?
thats neat
The Greatest Fighter to have Ever Lived 2.0 (Fedor / ?ë???)
in kabul in greave yeard lolz
im reading it for school, and i must say its one of the best books ive read in a while
this video was sick
now i understand the kite fighting tournement in the kite runner , its a great book highly recremended