Kite Runners
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Watching the kites fly at the Teppe Maranjan, the oldest continually inhabited part of Kabul, next to the Mausoleum of Nadir Shah, was one of my intended sights for Kabul. From here steps lead downhill past more graves to the heavily damaged tomb of Sultan Mohammed Telai, Nadir Shah's great-great grandfather, visible in the next picture.. |
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The Mausoleum of Nadir Shah |
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The graveyard and adjacent areas below the mausoleum is swarming with kids flying and also fighting their kites |
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The specialized cord feels like glass dust is imbedded in it. It has a sharp feel to it |
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| This is all very serious business to the boys and when veterans speak, the young ones listen and learn what they have to say about tactical maneuvers. |
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Carrying his arsenal and sizing up the competition |
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"Support Staff", vendors who are making a few Afghanis off the hard-working and ever-hungry kite flyers |
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This initially shy group was getting into it, getting their picture taken, and preparing to fly a kite, too. |
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