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  2. Fighter kite - Wikipedia

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    Afghan and Indian fighter kites and their variants have their bridles attached in two places on the kite's spine. The first place is at the crossing of the bow and the spine. The second attachment is three-quarters to two-thirds of the total length of the spine from the nose of the kite.

  3. Kite running - Wikipedia

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    Kite runners on rooftops in Afghanistan, watching for drifting kites. Kite running is the practice of running after drifting kites in the sky that have been cut loose in kite fighting. Typically the custom is that the person who captures a cut kite can keep it, so the bigger and more expensive looking the kite, the more people can usually be ...

  4. The Kite Runner - Wikipedia

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    The Kite Runner is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. [1] Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books , it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul .

  5. Kite-flying festival to mark one year since Taliban takeover ...

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    A multi-city kite-flying festival will mark one year since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Fly With Me will celebrate the ancient Afghan craft of kite-flying across 15 locations in the UK and ...

  6. Kite-flying festival marks year since Taliban’s Afghanistan ...

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    Afghan-born actor Ehsas, who played young Assef in the 2007 film The Kite Runner and was involved in organising the event, said kite-flying – which has now been banned by the Taliban – is an ...

  7. Kite - Wikipedia

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    Fighter kites are usually small, flattened diamond-shaped kites made of paper and bamboo. Tails are not used on fighter kites so that agility and maneuverability are not compromised. Boy flying kite in outskirts of Kathmandu Valley. In Afghanistan, kite flying is a popular game, and is known in Dari as Gudiparan Bazi. Some kite fighters pass ...

  8. The Kite Runner (film) - Wikipedia

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    The Kite Runner is a 2007 American drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Benioff and based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini.It tells the story of Amir a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan (Mahmoodzada).

  9. Category:Sport in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Sport in Afghanistan" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Fighter kite; K. Kabul Golf Club; T. Traditional games of ...

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