 kabul kabul skateistan fri 3292019 1353 conflict in afghanistan has been largely ongoing since 1978 leading to severe social disruption limited educational opportunities and extreme poverty children and young people make up over two thirds of afghanistan s population and kabul itself houses a population nearly ten times that of the country s second largest city kabul afghanistan is where skateistan first began and is home to our flagship skate school the facility was completed in 2009 on rentfree land donated by the afghan national olympic committee as well as classrooms and an indoor skatepark the skate school also includes a sports hall with a rockclimbing wall and gym area for sports such as soccer and basketball the skate school is open five days a week our educators also travel to local partner organizations where they are able to provide opportunities to more children around kabul to try skateboarding and learn with us we host specific girlsonly days with female only educators plus transport for female students to and from the skate school the staff with the help of youth leaders run regular events at the skate school to celebrate graduations and other notable happenings kabul afghanistan regular students female lowincome background students living with disabilities kabul 