I did some reading about Afghanistan several weeks ago.
-Afghanistan has tried to develop a ski industry.
-Afghanistan has a textile tradition.
-Afghanistan languishes for lack of economic alternatives to the production of heroin.
-Even if Afghanistan is not yet safe for a fully fledged ski industry, could the outdoor apparel industry work with Afghans? Maybe the individual businesses of that industry could also ask their home governments for protection for the Afghans who agree to work with them, so that they don't end up being threatened by drug lords.
-Afghanistan has land mines, which this group is trying to remove:
https://www.halotrust.org/where-we-work/central-asia/afghanistan/
-Since Afghanistan has land mines, which have injured and which continue to injure Afghans, and since Afghanistan would like to have a world-renowned ski industry, shouldn't it be a center of orthopedic research?
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