How do you pronounce it?
Kabul
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Her parents ... when she was young.
DIED
In 2013 the team went ... New Dehli and they had theur first international competition.
TO
In which country was she born?
In Nepal.
What is the capital city of Afghanistan?
Kabul.
Nepal
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In 2015 there was a terrible ... in Nepal.
EARTHQUAKE
Marjan had an ... to become a cyclist.
AMBITION
When did she train as a mountaineer?
When she was a teenager.
When did she get her first bycicle?
When she was a teenager.
earthquake
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She worked ... a mountain guide.
AS
It wasn't easy to ... around Kabul.
PRACTISE
How old was she when she climbed Mount Everest?
22
What did her father do when he saw that Marjan loved cycling?
He built a women cycling team.
mountaineering
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Nowadays she also works to ... education in Nepal.
IMPROVE
They ... more races in Pakistan, Kazakhstan and South Korea.
ENTERED
What is she now famous for (2 things)?
For her voluntary work as well as mountaineering.
Where did Marjan and her team have their first international competition?
In New Dehli.
voluntary work
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As a child, Pasang lived in Lukla, a town in ... Nepal.
NORTHEASTERN
Because of Marjan and her team's ... more women are now cycling in Afghanistan.
ACHIEVEMENTS
What problem did many Nepalese people have in 2015?
They didn't have homes or food because of the earthquake.
Which countries have they visited because of their international competitions? Name 4 of them.
Pakistan, Kazakhstan, South Korea and India