BAZARAK, Afghanistan — If you plan to attend a buzkashi match, make sure you’re feeling limber. As dangerous as the ancient game is for participants, it can be equally perilous for fans when several ...

Buzkashi has been played in Central Asia for centuries - Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File Anna Moneymaker, WIN MCNAMEE Buzkashi has been played in ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. For anyone trying to understand Afghanistan, past or present, a good ...

Buzkashi Boys is a forthcoming, American-funded film about Afghanistan’s national sport: spelt Buzkashi. This largely lawless game is kind of a cross between polo and rugby. But instead of using a ...

Two teams of buzkashi riders vie for victory in the finals of the rough-and-tumble Afghan sport - Copyright AFP Atif ARYAN Two teams of buzkashi riders vie for ...

Suicide bomb explodes in northern Afghanistan at the end of a traditional horse-back match, killing six people A suicide bomb exploded in crowds at a traditional horse-back game of buzkashi in ...

To understand Afghan politics, the theory goes, just go to a game of Buzkashi. After a few hours on a muddy field north of Kabul, watching three dozen men on horseback charge each other to gain ...

Afghanistan, Jan. 15, 2015: Dozens of Afghan men compete in a buzkashi match on a clear afternoon outside Kabul. The game often has few concrete rules and can last as long as players and horses have ...

In a remote northern Pakistani valley surrounded by giant ice-capped peaks, villagers gather to watch a game of Buzkashi, an ancient equestrian sport once seen as a key test of virility that is now ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The teenage stars of an Oscar-nominated short film from Afghanistan hope to walk the red carpet at the Academy Awards in February thanks to donations that are pouring in to pay ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The teenage stars of an Oscar-nominated short film from Afghanistan arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday for the Academy Awards after an Internet campaign raised enough money to ...

Played for centuries in Afghanistan's northern steppes, the national equestrian sport buzkashi, at the heart of Afghan identity, has evolved from a rough, rural pastime to a professionalised ...