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Afghan horse riders fight for a headless goat during a ...

Photo: Rafiq Maqbool/Associated Press

Afghan horse riders fight for a headless goat during a game of buzkashi in Kabul. Invented more than 2,000 years ago and considered a national sport in Afghanistan, buzkashi has elements of rodeo, polo, football and wrestling. Two teams of horsemen use hand-to-hand combat to fight for control of the goat carcass, which they then race to a separate scoring area.