Reference :
V-P-AF-E-02359
Date :
17/03/2016
Caption :
Balkh province, on the way back to Mazar-i-Sharif. After visiting an ICRC supported project to build a water reservoir, the ICRC president Peter Maurer and employees of the ICRC delegation in Afghanistan are invited to a buzkashi match. An ICRC vehicle carrying Peter Maurer.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
Buzkashi is often referred to as the national sport. The game is played between two teams of “chapandaz” – horsemen – who struggle to drag a goat or calf carcass toward a goal on a boundary-less playing field.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
7360x4912
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
