Balloons bring smiles in war-weary Afghan capital |

Balloons bring smiles in war-weary Afghan capital

An Afghan woman holds a portion of some 10,000 pink balloons handed out by artists and activists in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May, 25, 2013. The project brought smiles to surprised Afghans on the street a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound.(AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

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Balloons bring s... An Afghan woman holds a portion of some 10,000 pink balloons handed out by artists and activists in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May, 25, 2013. The project brought smiles to surprised Afghans on the street a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound.(AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
Japanese man, 80... A team of climbers led by 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura stand on the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Miura on Thursday became the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest, a Nepali official and Miura's Tokyo-based support team said. The photo was taken with a telephoto lens from an altitude of 5,550 meters (18,208 feet). It is not clear which of the climbers in the photo is Miura. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
North Korea envo... A car, left, believed to be carrying North Korea's Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, a senior Workers’ Party official and the military’s top political officer, arrives at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Thursday, May 23, 2013. After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent the high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most important ally and a sign that he may be giving diplomacy a chance. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Radiation leak a... Local government officials investigate the inside of nuclear research lab J-PARC in Tokaimura, Ibaraki prefecture, Saturday, May 25, 2013. The nuclear research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
Myanmar Muslims ... President Barack Obama gestures toward Myanmar's President Thein Sein during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013. Thein Sein is the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
US lauds India f... U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, center, speaks to the media after meeting Indian officials in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 24, 2013. The senior U.S. official has lauded India for reducing its oil imports from Iran and said Washington would decide soon on India's request for the renewal of a waiver from U.S. sanctions on Tehran due to expire next month. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
Afghan Taliban a... Afghan police aim their weapons after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 24, 2013. A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul and setting up a gun battle in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
Abe on 1st trip ... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie wave before boarding a plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport Friday, May 24, 2013. Abe is traveling to Myanmar for a three-day trip, the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
NKorean envoy de... In this May 23, 2013 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Liu Yunshan, right, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with North Korean envoy Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing, China. On a visit to repair ties with China and waiting to meet its leader, Choe paid deference Thursday to hopes by the North's chief ally for renewed multinational nuclear talks. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xie Huanchi) NO SALES
Pakistani cricke... In this handout photo provided by the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital Pakistan's cricketer turned politician Imran Khan, leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party leaves the hospital in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Khan left the hospital Wednesday, more than two weeks after he suffered serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event, a spokesman said. (AP Photo/Shaukat Khanum Hospital)