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Asghar Mehrzada, 26, the founder of “Drop and Ride freestyle cycling club” shows his tricks during an exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, 29 June 2021. Drop and Ride Club is Afghanistan's first freestyle cycling club that stands for “Drop the Gun and Ride a Bike”. The club has 60 members, of whom 25 are female, and gathers three times a week to practice at a gymnasium in the capital, using metal tables, wooden crates and boxes to perfect stunts they have seen performed on YouTube, Facebook, and other social media. In Afghanistan, cycling is a major taboo for girls, and often viewed as a sin, but some girls dared to join the freestyle cycling club. (Photo by Hedayatullah Amid/EPA/EFE)
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