Posted Feb 18, 2013
ByDecades of conflict, poverty and neglect prevent a large number of disabled Afghans from pursuing sports. Abbas Karimi, 14, who was born without arms, could be the first Afghan to represent his county as a swimmer in the Paralympic games in Brazil in 2014.
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Abbas Karimi, 14, who was born without arms, poses for a photo in Kabul, February 12, 2013. Decades of conflict poverty and neglect prevent a large number of disabled Afghans from pursuing sport. If he gets the support he needs, the teenager will be the first Afghan to represent his county as a swimmer in the games next due to take place in Brazil in 2014. Picture taken on February 12, 2013. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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Abbas Karimi, 14, who was born with no arms, swims at a public swimming pool in Kabul, February 12, 2013. Karimi has ambitions to earn a gold medal for his country in the world Paralympic games. If he gets the support he needs, the teenager will be the first Afghan to represent his county as a swimmer in the games next due to take place in Brazil in 2014. Picture taken February 12, 2013. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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Abbas Karimi, 14, who was born without arms, rests at a public swimming pool in Kabul, February 18, 2013. Karimi has ambitions to earn a gold medal for his country in the world Paralympic games. If he gets the support he needs, the teenager will be the first Afghan to represent his county as a swimmer in the games next due to take place in Brazil in 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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Abbas Karimi, 14, who was born with no arms, holds his mobile phone with his feet in Kabul, February 18, 2013. Karimi has ambitions to earn a gold medal for his country in the world Paralympic games. If he gets the support he needs, the teenager will be the first Afghan to represent his county as a swimmer in the games next due to take place in Brazil in 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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Abbas Karimi, 14, who was born with no arms, writes with his foot at a classroom in Kabul February 18, 2013. Karimi has ambitions to earn a gold medal for his country in the world Paralympic games. If he gets the support he needs, the teenager will be the first Afghan to represent his county as a swimmer in the games next due to take place in Brazil in 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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Abbas Karimi, 14, who was born without arms, drinks milk using his foot to hold the cup in Kabul, February 12, 2013. Karimi has ambitions to earn a gold medal for his country in the world Paralympic games. If he gets the support he needs, the teenager will be the first Afghan to represent his county as a swimmer in the games next due to take place in Brazil in 2014. Picture taken on February 12, 2013. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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Abbas Karimi, 14, who was born without arms, walks at a public swimming pool in Kabul, February 18, 2013. Karimi has ambitions to earn a gold medal for his country in the world Paralympic games. If he gets the support he needs, the teenager will be the first Afghan to represent his county as a swimmer in the games next due to take place in Brazil in 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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