Afghanistan Skating Articles

A collection of articles about ice sports, roller sports and skating in Afghanistan. See also more about Afghanistan Skating, about Skating in Asia, and about Skating World Wide.

Afghanistan's First Ice Skating Rink
Article published in March of 2017 on the "freetorun.org" Web Site.
FROM THE ARTICLE: In December 2016, Free to Run started a very unique project in Afghanistan: construction of a new ice skating rink in partnership with the Canadian Embassy in Afghanistan and the Conservation Organisation for Afghan Mountain Areas (COAM).

Documentary About Skateboarding Girls In Afghanistan
Article published in February of 2020 on the "npr.org" Web site.
FROM THE ARTICLE: The documentary, "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)", and it just won an Oscar for best documentary short subject at the 92nd annual Academy Awards.

Afghanistan National Bandy Team
Article published on the "wikipedia.org" Web site.
FROM THE ARTICLE: Afghanistan national bandy team has been set up by bandy playing Afghan ex-pats in Karlstad, Sweden, taking up a sport which is very popular in Sweden. The team is not sanctioned by the sports governing bodies in Afghanistan, even if the Federation of International Bandy has accepted Afghanistan as a member, so it is not allowed to take part in the World Championship.

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