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Global News Portfolio: Buzkashi

  • In a rare respite from the rigors of their work in the emerald mines in the mountains high over their village or from workshops and business, the men of Khenj, Afghanistan, compete in a game of Buzkashi on Friday, October 26, 2007. The popular game, banned under that Taliban, is a match between villagers on horseback pitted against each other to grab the carcass of a dead goat, or in this case, a dead calf, with its head cut off, from one location in the playing field, around a flag and set in a circle in another location. Each time a rider successfully completes the task he is cheered by the crowd gathered under the fall leaves in the shadow of the Hindu Kush.
  • Riders chase down the man with the calf as they try to prevent him from dropping it in the circle during a game of Buzkashi in Khenj, Afghanistan on Friday, October 26, 2007. Each time a rider successfully completes the task he is cheered by the village and wins money.
  • With the sound of screaming horses and whips, horsemen try to beat their horses to get them into the scrum where they will try to reach down to the ground from their horse and pick up the carcass of a dead calf. The popular game, banned under the Taliban, is a match between villagers on horseback pitted against each other with the winner earning a sizable cash prize.
  • With the sound of screaming horses and whips, a horsemen with his whip in his mouth tries to reach down from his horse to pick up the carcass of a dead calf. on Friday, October 26, 2007. In a rare respite from the rigors of their work in the emerald mines in the mountains high over their village or from workshops and businesses in the village, the men of Khenj, Afghanistan, compete in a game of buzkashi.
  • The men of Khenj, Afghanistan, watch a game of buzkashi on Friday, October 26, 2007.
  • A horseman emerges from the dust of a duel for a dead calf on Friday, October 26, 2007.
  • A horseman of Khenj, Afghanistan, waits to compete in a game of buzkashi dressed in heavy clothing to protect him from the violence of the game and a hat made of fur. The popular game, banned under the Taliban, is a match between villagers on horseback pitted against each other to grab the carcass of a dead goat, or in this case, a dead calf, with its head cut off, and then bring it from one location in the playing field, around a flag and set it in a circle in another location.
  • With the sound of screaming horses and whips, horsemen try to reach down from their horses to pick up the carcass of a dead calf on Friday, October 26, 2007.
  • The men of Khenj, Afghanistan, compete in a game of buzkashi.
  • Successfully grabbing the 100-pound dead calf, a rider races to bring it to the circle for a win. The rider successfully completed the task and was cheered by the crowd gathered under the fall leaves in the shadow of the Hindu Kush and given the prize money.
  • A car with a photo of the revered leader of the Panjshir resistance against the Russian invasion, Ahmed Shah Massoud, drives past horsemen after a buzkashi match in the village of Khenj, Afghanistan on October 26, 2007.
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