Burqa dilemma for Afghan women skiers
Villagers in a tiny mountain hamlet in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley saw a remarkable thing recently — a group of women putting on skis. The men and children of Khoshak, tucked at the snow-covered foot of the Koh-e-Baba peaks, could hardly tear their eyes off the 10 women in headscarves and long coats laughing as they wrestled with their poles and bindings.