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 ...

Buzkashi (literally "goat pulling" in Persian ... While samanu (or samanak as is known in Afghanistan) is one of the seven S’s of Haft-sin, the preparation of this sweet dish made from germinated ...

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 ...