Set against the dramatic landscape of contemporary Afghanistan and the National sport of Buzkashi - a brutal game of horse polo played with a dead goat - Buzkashi Boys tells the coming of age ...

POL-E-KHOMRI, Afghanistan — When the Taliban seized power in 2021, many feared the new government would ban buzkashi, Afghanistan’s beloved national sport, which the group had deemed sinful ...

The Taliban has permitted buzkashi, Afghanistan’s national sport, to continue despite previously banning it, drawing thousands of spectators but excluding women, according to The Washington Post.