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Found an interesting article aboug golf in Afghanistan. The Kabul Golf Club has been re-established, and while it may not be as lush as most, it certainly has its fair share of hazards. However when in Kabul, the options for playing golf are little. So the Kabul Golf Club is an oasis of sorts for golfers in the region. To quote from the story:
“Several Afghans persuaded the new government to allow the club’s reopening and have leased the grounds for 20 years, although so far they appear to have invested relatively little. A U.N. employee donated several sets of clubs, and a de-mining agency agreed to check the course for old land mines.
Landscapers have dragged away most of the weapons and shrapnel that littered the grounds, though a rusted Russian tank still stands sentry atop one of several hills ringing the course. A large metal shipping container has been brought in to replace the old clubhouse, now a bombed-out shell.
Despite the challenges posed by the nine-hole course, about 100 diplomats, aid workers and other foreigners paid a small fee to golf here last year. With the club’s second season about to begin.”
Source: Birmingham News
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