The kite-runners are out again in Kabul

As the sun goes down, boys race to pock-marked hills for a few sweet hours of respite from war.

Afghanistan’s kite-flying season has begun, and on Friday afternoons — as the sun begins to cool — the capital’s careworn residents now flock up flat-topped Nader Khan hill to indulge in their national pastime.

via www.timesonline.co.uk

Nota publicada en el Times on Line, donde comenta al inicio de una nueva temporada de vuelo de barriletes, y hace referencia al best-seller Cometas en el Cielo de Khaled Hosseini.