Global News Portfolio: Buzkashi: Game of Afghanistan

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.
Game of Afghanistan , Khenj, Afghanistan

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.