International athletes joined locals in a race that defied the dangers of clash and violence to produce an uncommon good news memoir for the countryWe gathered in a cold wind,on the plain above Qarghanato. To the south were the peaks of the Koh-i-Baba mountains, covered with fresh snow. Ahead of us lay the challenge of the road to Bamiyan …To western ears such as mine, and these names sound like those from a fantasy tale. This was no fiction,though, but Afghanistan’s first ever marathon.
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Source: theguardian.com