Manhattan-Kaboul

Manhattan-Kaboul is a French song written by Renaud and composed by Jean-Pierre Bucolo, sung by Renaud in duo with Axelle Red, in the album Boucan d'enfer, released in 2002. It was written in the aftermath of the incidents of September 11, 2001 and the Afghanistan War. The song was elected the "Original Song of the Year" at the Victoires de la Musique 2003 and the "French song of the Year" at NRJ Music Awards 2003.

In the text, two victims of the events of 2001 sing about their situations and the causes of their death. Renaud sings as a Porto-Rican who works in the World Trade Center of New York, destroyed on September 11. Axelle Red plays a young Afghan girl killed during the attack of the coalition forces during the Autumn of 2001.