Nazira Khairzad (far left), her sister Nazima Khairzad (center) and their father (right) all sit in the back of the car as they make their way toward the mountains before the women compete in the 2021 Afghan Ski Challenge. The annual two-day event, which takes place in February in Bamyan, Afghanistan, hosts a women’s ski race, a boy’s ski race and then a men’s ski race the following day.