Photo Credit:
David Guttenfelder
 
Photo Caption:
Afghan men and boys gather on a Kabul hillside for a kite flying competition at dusk on Friday, March 10, 2006. Kite flying, once banned by the ruling Taliban regime, is a popular spring pastime. 
 
Photographer's Note:
Along with the education of girls, listening to music, cutting men's facial hair, we were told that kite flying was one of the many freedoms banned by the Taliban. Watching children gather on this hillside that evening to play felt promising.