KABUL: Despite grinding poverty and more than three decades of war, a New York-based artist believes 10,000 pink balloons can help bring peace and happiness to Afghans on the streets of Kabul. Yazmany Arboleda has already unleashed colored balloons in India, Japan and Kenya. He hopes that Afghanistan can be the next to benefit from “simple happiness” despite being in the grip of an 11-year Taleban insurgency.
“The actual date will be a surprise. Once people will wake up, they will see an explosion of colors,” he told a news conference on Monday. Although the majority of the estimated four million who live in Kabul struggle with poverty and war, Arboleda spoke of the pleasures a simple colored balloon could bring.
“In India, people thought it was a national day they didn’t know about. In Japan, some people thought we were selling balloons. In Kenya, some of them thought we were having a job fair.
US-based artist to unleash 10,000 pink balloons on Kabul
US-based artist to unleash 10,000 pink balloons on Kabul
