An Afghan youth practices his parkour skills behind the ruins of Darul Aman Palace in Kabul. Parkour, which originated in France in the 1990s and is also known as free-running, involves getting around urban obstacles with a fast-paced mix of jumping, vaulting, running and rolling. AFP PHOTO
An Afghan youth practices his parkour skills behind the ruins of Darul Aman Palace in Kabul. Parkour, which originated in France in the 1990s and is also known as free-running, involves getting around urban obstacles with a fast-paced mix of jumping, vaulting, running and rolling. AFP PHOTO

KABUL: On the dusty streets of Kabul, amid the ruins of war, a group of young Afghans are finding freedom among the blast walls and checkpoints through the jumping, backflipping sport of parkour.

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