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Curtain call for Afghan cinemas

Cinema goers watch a Pashto film at Pamir Cinema in Kabul May 4, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Cinema goers watch a Pashto film at Pamir Cinema in Kabul May 4, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Cinema goers watch a Pashto film at Pamir Cinema in Kabul May 4, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A cinema goer watches a Pashto film at Cinema Pamir in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man smokes inside the theater before a show at Pamir Cinema in Kabul May 4, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Employees of Ariana Cinema stand on film cans as they work inside a storage room in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Employees of Ariana Cinema stand on film cans as they work inside a storage room in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A projectionist watches a Bollywood film from a projection room at Ariana Cinema in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A cinema goer sleeps as others watch a Bollywood film at Ariana Cinema in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A cinema goer watches a Bollywood film at Ariana Cinema in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Pashto film is screened at Cinema Pamir in Kabul May 4, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A cinema goer watches a Bollywood film at Ariana Cinema in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Cinema goers watch a Bollywood film at Ariana Cinema in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Cinema goers watch a Pashto film at Pamir Cinema in Kabul May 4, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Cinema goers watch a Bollywood film at Ariana Cinema in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

An employee of Cinema Pamir sells refreshments during the movie interval in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Cinema goers rush into the theater before a show at Pamir Cinema in Kabul May 4, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A projectionist rewinds a roll of film inside the projection room at Ariana Cinema in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Ahmad Wali, a 15-year-old projectionist, works inside the projection room at Pamir Cinema in Kabul May 2, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A projectionist rewinds a roll of film inside the projection room at Ariana Cinema in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A projectionist rewinds a roll of film inside the projection room at Cinema Pamir in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Ahmad Wali, a 15-year-old projectionist, works inside the projection room at Pamir Cinema in Kabul May 2, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Ahmad Wali, a 15-year-old projectionist, gets ready for school after a show at Pamir Cinema in Kabul May 2, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Employees of Cinema Pamir sell refreshments during the movie interval in Kabul May 3, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A cinema goer uses his mobile phone to take a photograph of a film poster at Cinema Pamir in Kabul May 4, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Employees of Cinema Pamir react to the camera in Kabul May 4, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Cinema goers wait outside the theater before the start of a show at Cinema Pamir in Kabul May 4, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man sits on a motorbike outside Cinema Park in Kabul May 5, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Afghan cinemas are dilapidated, reflect an industry on the brink of collapse from conflict, financial neglect.

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Pungi

May 17, 2012 - 10:14PM

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LOL So clean & tidy..!

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Junaiid

May 19, 2012 - 6:08AM

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Afghanistan is so backwards.

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Roshan

May 28, 2012 - 2:43PM

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Pakistani cinemas are not much better in spite of no decades of war. Does this mean pakistan is so backward?

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