Word: nawroz
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...jumping. She has always loved the way the wind feels whipping against her face and the thrill of the free fall before her parachute opens and carries her safely to the ground. She did her first jump in six years in March as part of the official celebration of Nawroz, the Afghan new-year holiday that the Taliban had banned. She was supposed to land in the Kabul stadium, but the helicopter mistakenly dropped her in a nearby field instead. Unfazed, she gathered up her parachute, hailed a battered old taxi and rode to the stadium, where a cheering crowd...
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