Thursday, April 12, 2007

Kabul kite-maker stars behind scenes in Hollywood movie

Kabul kite-maker stars behind scenes in Hollywood movie (Reuters)

A man prepares his kite to fly on Nadir Khan hill in Kabul in this April 6, 2007 file photo. When the strictly Islamist Taliban ruled Afghanistan, they banned kite-flying. Noor Agha is widely acknowledged as the best kite-maker in Afghanistan, where flying and dueling with kite is the closest thing the war-torn country has to a national sport. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)Reuters - A man living in a graveyard in a rubbish-strewn, rundown Kabul district is the unlikely hero behind the scenes of one of Hollywood's most eagerly anticipated movies this year.


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