First Ski Lift For 40 Years Begins Operating in Afghanistan
What is believed to be the first ski lift to operate in Afghanistan for more than four decades has begun operation. The lift is the latest development at the Bamyan ski area, located 100 miles west of the country’s capital Kabul. The rudimentary ski lift, like many of the early ski lifts in North America and Europe, utilises a motorbike engine to pull a simple cable lift. The bottom pulley wheel is fixed in an upturned wheelbarrow. The lift is reported to have been created by an American family who live locally. The lift is the latest development since the creation of the annual Afghan Ski Challenge, originally established by a Swiss journalist in 2011 and now organised by the
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