Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — Leaning far off his horse like a polo player, amid a chaotic-looking scrum of other riders doing the same, the rider snatched the decapitated goat by a foreleg and ...

Afghan horse riders compete in a Buzkashi game in Balkh province, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2023. Buzkashi, or "goat grabbing", is a kind of traditional sport in Afghanistan. In this game, two teams of ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — With a swirl of dust, sweat and pounding hooves, the annual season of buzkashi, Afghanistan’s national sport, is in full swing. The final months of winter traditionally serve as ...

A horse rider attends a Buzkashi match in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2020. Buzkashi, meaning "goat grabbing", is a centuries-old traditional game in Afghanistan, in which skilled horse ...

Horsemen try to grab the headless carcass of a goat during a Buzkashi competition in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The contest was held to celebrate Nowruz, a New Year festival that marks the start of Spring ...

Afghan horsemen play in the grand final of the buzkashi championships. Buzkashi, meaning "dragging the goat" in Persian, is the country's traditional national sport, in which teams of horsemen fight ...

Tajik rider Malika Rajabova is used to being the only woman on the field when she plays buzkashi, a Central Asian sport in which competitors on horseback fight to grab a goat carcass. She says some ...

PANJSHIR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A crash of horses and men deep in a mountain pass signals the start of another game of buzkashi, Afghanistan's national sport. Buzkashi, which translates roughly as ...

A player carries the goat carcass in a buzkashi match in Afghanistan. Photo: Kelsey Noonan Shooting on location, though, was the only option for Buzkashi Boys director Sam French, a 36-year-old ...

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Leaning far off his horse like a polo player, amid a chaotic-looking scrum of other riders doing the same, the rider snatched the decapitated goat by a foreleg and galloped off.