Name: Football Match in Kabul Afghanistan
Uploaded: 2016-02-19T13:13:39Z
Duration: 3 min 20 s
Description: On Christmas, in 1914, in the trenches of WWI in Belgium, a moment of grace occurred when in honour of the holiday British and German forces called an impromptu ceasefire for the day. A veteran’s account mentioned a game of football between both sides, and this year, on the centennial of World War I, British and German forces face off again in another war zone: Afghanistan

Football Match in Kabul Afghanistan

Added on 19 Feb 2016

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On Christmas, in 1914, in the trenches of WWI in Belgium, a moment of grace occurred when in honour of the holiday British and German forces called an impromptu ceasefire for the day. A veteran’s account mentioned a game of football between both sides, and this year, on the centennial of World War I, British and German forces face off again in another war zone: Afghanistan