Afghanistan’s favorite sport is thriving, even under Taliban rule
The fast-paced equestrian game of buzkashi is a welcome distraction in rural Afghanistan, blighted by drought and poverty, ...
Taliban allows Afghanistan’s national sport buzkashi to thrive despite past bans
The Taliban has allowed buzkashi, Afghanistan’s national sport, to thrive despite past bans, drawing large crowds but ...
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Buzkashi Boys
Set against the dramatic landscape of contemporary Afghanistan and the National sport of Buzkashi - a brutal game of horse polo played with a dead goat - Buzkashi Boys tells the coming of age ...
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16 of the most dangerous traditional games played around the world
The game dates back to the Middle Ages. The national sport of Afghanistan is "buzkashi." Riders on horseback must carry a headless goat corpse from one end of the stadium to the other as opponents ...