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Afghanistan - The Toughest Battle - Kite Running - 14 May 07

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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tobbee95 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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that is the place where they're recording the kite runner! awesome movie...
mikeyaaa (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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what did the taliban have against flying a kite?

was it just fun was not allowed to be had?
StealthyTyler0425 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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thats neat
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hewad2008 (4 weeks ago) Show Hide
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in kabul in greave yeard lolz
l33tloy (1 month ago) Show Hide
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this video was sick
now i understand the kite fighting tournement in the kite runner , its a great book highly recremended
Salmarion2 (4 weeks ago) Show Hide
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im reading it for school, and i must say its one of the best books ive read in a while
crashoveryu (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Few minutes ago, I finished reading it.. That's how I found this video actually....
l33tloy (1 week ago) Show Hide
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yup finally finished it,we are doing it in English
now i have to write an essay :S
Soloman1001 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Yeah! lets go to the park WTF?? Oh you mean graveyard, I would imagine there were quite afew graveyards in afghanistan and with the Taliban.
I would imagine that the gravedigger is one of the wealthiest people in the town.
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