Afghan Children Playing
MS Afghan children (all boys) playing on crude, homemade merry-go-round. Smiling faces & laughter. Some call out phrases from passive English lessons: Hello, how are you?, and What s up? Afghan men watch on. Fun, amusement, entertainment.
TLS man riding in donkey pulled cart down street. MS old Afghan man walking in alleyway. TLS alley. MS two cute Afghan girls stand in alley, hide from camera & giggle. Coy, shy, charming. TLS nearly empty alley. MS two cute girls giggle and walk away from the camera. TLS Afghan boy carries two pails of water in a yoke around his neck along alley, away from cam. Woman in burkha in FG.
MS Kite Maker posing with two brightly colored kites. Video still of Kite Maker. MS two boys holding kites (no flying of kites was allowed under the Taliban regime). Other boys run over and pose with them for the camera. Video still of boys with kites. Motion footage of boys with kites.
MS Crowd of Afghan children (all boys) laugh & smile at camera. Happy faces. Mirth.
TLS ancient ruins of Balkh. TLS shell of destroyed Soviet tank on a hill. TLS two boys climbing in ruins. TLS boys playing around the ancient ruins of Balkh. MS Children (all boys) smile, pose for camera atop tank turret. Boys run from cam, stand atop ancient ruins.