Gallery: Kabul Movie Houses Take a Break From Insurgents and Chaos
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*The ticket office at the entrance to Ariana Cinema on December 1, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan.*
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*Movie tickets are sold from the box office at Pamir Cinema on June 2, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan.*
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*Members of the audience at Ariana Cinema purchase concessions during the intermission in an Indian movie on June 4, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan.*
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*A matinee of a Pakistani film at Pamir Cinema on November 27, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan.*
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*The audience in Pamir Cinema during a showing of a Pakistani film on June 2, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan.*
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*A projectionist at work in the projection room at Temorshahee Cinema on June 5, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan.*
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*An English-language film reel is stored near the projection room at Ariana Cinema on June 4, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan.*
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*A projectionist winds a film reel in the projection room at Temorshahee Cinema on June 5, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan.*
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*Members of the audience dance on stage at Pamir Cinema during a Pakistani film on June 2, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan.*
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*Afghans look at movie posters outside of Pamir Cinema on June 17, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan.*
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