Buskashi Game in Peshawar

Afghan Refugees in Pakistan 1988/89

by Dominik Landwehr, Switzerland

 

The traditional horse game of the Afghans can go on for days.	Groups or individuals try to gras a carcass - a dead goat!	The game looks very dynamic.
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...and attracts spectators both Afghans and expatriates.	The winner gets money and a turban from the sponsor	which in this game was US consul Mike Malinowski. *

 
* Featured in the Thriller "Der Schläfer" by Swiss author Peter Zeindler.