Thursday, April 13, 2006

Cricket in Afghanistan

Forget the Loya Jirga and eradicating the poppy crop, this is the way to bring peace to Afganistan:
Allah Dad Noori, the founder of the Afghanistan Cricket Federation, was playing one day in Kabul when a young man walked by carrying an AK47, watched for a while before being invited to join in. Afterwards, he asked if he could play next time. When he returned he was without the rifle. “Where’s your AK47?” asked Noori. “Oh, I don’t need that,” the youth replied. “I’m playing cricket!”

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

ITS A GREAT STORY.THIS SHOWS THE POWER OF CRICKET.

McLaren CC said...

how about we set up a way of sending redundant but useable kit over??
Anyone interested?