
BALKH, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 06: Afghan horsemen play the traditional Central Asian sport "Buzkashi" in which horse-mounted players attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal, in Balkh, Afghanistan on December 06, 2019. The ancient game of Buzkashi is an Afghan national sport which is played by two teams of horsemen competing to throw an animal (calf, goat or sheep) carcass into a scoring circle. Buzkashi played in various regions in Afghanistan every year on religious and national holidays in the northern parts of Afghanistan and generally in the winter. ( Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat - Anadolu Agency )

BALKH, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 06: Afghan horsemen play the traditional Central Asian sport "Buzkashi" in which horse-mounted players attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal, in Balkh, Afghanistan on December 06, 2019. The ancient game of Buzkashi is an Afghan national sport which is played by two teams of horsemen competing to throw an animal (calf, goat or sheep) carcass into a scoring circle. Buzkashi played in various regions in Afghanistan every year on religious and national holidays in the northern parts of Afghanistan and generally in the winter. ( Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat - Anadolu Agency )

BALKH, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 06: Afghan horsemen play the traditional Central Asian sport "Buzkashi" in which horse-mounted players attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal, in Balkh, Afghanistan on December 06, 2019. The ancient game of Buzkashi is an Afghan national sport which is played by two teams of horsemen competing to throw an animal (calf, goat or sheep) carcass into a scoring circle. Buzkashi played in various regions in Afghanistan every year on religious and national holidays in the northern parts of Afghanistan and generally in the winter. ( Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat - Anadolu Agency )

BALKH, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 06: Afghan horsemen play the traditional Central Asian sport "Buzkashi" in which horse-mounted players attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal, in Balkh, Afghanistan on December 06, 2019. The ancient game of Buzkashi is an Afghan national sport which is played by two teams of horsemen competing to throw an animal (calf, goat or sheep) carcass into a scoring circle. Buzkashi played in various regions in Afghanistan every year on religious and national holidays in the northern parts of Afghanistan and generally in the winter. ( Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat - Anadolu Agency )

BALKH, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 06: Afghan horsemen play the traditional Central Asian sport "Buzkashi" in which horse-mounted players attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal, in Balkh, Afghanistan on December 06, 2019. The ancient game of Buzkashi is an Afghan national sport which is played by two teams of horsemen competing to throw an animal (calf, goat or sheep) carcass into a scoring circle. Buzkashi played in various regions in Afghanistan every year on religious and national holidays in the northern parts of Afghanistan and generally in the winter. ( Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat - Anadolu Agency )