The Gardeners of Kabul

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04INSECTS BUZZ

0:00:09 > 0:00:12A long time ago, in the heart of Asia,

0:00:12 > 0:00:15there lived a young emperor with a passion for nature.

0:00:22 > 0:00:24His name was Babur.

0:00:24 > 0:00:26SWORDS CLANK, HORSE NEIGHS

0:00:26 > 0:00:28MEN SHOUT

0:00:28 > 0:00:31Most of the time he was fighting enemies.

0:00:35 > 0:00:39But when the battles were over, the green-fingered emperor

0:00:39 > 0:00:43would relax in one of the many gardens he had created

0:00:43 > 0:00:45across the lands.

0:00:50 > 0:00:53The lands became Afghanistan

0:00:53 > 0:00:58and his favourite garden was in the city known as Kabul.

0:01:01 > 0:01:02MISSILE FIRES

0:01:02 > 0:01:03MAN SHOUTS COMMAND

0:01:06 > 0:01:09Afghanistan has a turbulent history.

0:01:09 > 0:01:12Just in the last four decades, it's suffered invasions,

0:01:12 > 0:01:16civil wars and indiscriminate violence.

0:01:21 > 0:01:23BIRDS CHIRP

0:01:25 > 0:01:31But 500 years later, the emperor's favourite garden still survives.

0:01:36 > 0:01:41And like Babur, many Afghans find peace and tranquillity in nature.

0:01:44 > 0:01:49Their gardens are a refuge from the dangers and stresses of the city.

0:04:11 > 0:04:14THEY SPEAK IN OWN LANGUAGE

0:05:20 > 0:05:23BIRDS CHIRP

0:05:54 > 0:05:56SIREN WAILS

0:05:59 > 0:06:02CHILDREN PLAY

0:06:09 > 0:06:11TOOLS HAMMER AND CLINK

0:06:57 > 0:06:58Salaam.

0:07:36 > 0:07:38BIRDS CHIRP

0:07:39 > 0:07:42MAN SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE

0:09:08 > 0:09:11INSECT BUZZES

0:09:20 > 0:09:21Salaam.

0:09:21 > 0:09:23- BOYS:- Salaam.

0:09:41 > 0:09:44BOTH SPEAK IN OWN LANGUAGE

0:12:12 > 0:12:14THEY LAUGH

0:12:36 > 0:12:38COCKEREL CROWS

0:14:24 > 0:14:26COCKEREL CROWS

0:16:49 > 0:16:52BIRDS CHIRP

0:18:51 > 0:18:54BIRDS CHIRP

0:19:45 > 0:19:47BIRD CRIES

0:20:56 > 0:20:59KAKA SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE

0:21:46 > 0:21:49BIRDS CHIRP

0:21:53 > 0:21:55DOG BARKS

0:23:01 > 0:23:03COCKEREL CROWS

0:23:50 > 0:23:53BIRDS CHIRP

0:23:59 > 0:24:01INSECTS BUZZ

0:24:10 > 0:24:12DOG BARKS

0:24:17 > 0:24:21After a lifetime of fighting, the emperor died,

0:24:21 > 0:24:23far from his beloved Kabul,

0:24:23 > 0:24:28longing for his sanctuary of peace and serenity.

0:24:35 > 0:24:39His body was returned years later to his favourite garden

0:24:39 > 0:24:43in his favourite city, where his legacy is still alive.

0:24:59 > 0:25:01THEY SPEAK IN OWN LANGUAGE