Afghanistan's national sport is buzkashi, a game similar to polo that's played on horseback with a goat carcass, and serious players train from youth.Of course, in their frantic, headlong rush to illustrate how uncannily similar Afghanis are to, say... your average Canadian... the Star manages to both overlook and screw up a few small details...
But the age-old sport is being nudged aside by about 100 kids in Kabul for a more Western passion: skateboarding.
"Usually, a calf is beheaded, its four legs are cut off from the knee, its insides emptied before soaking. When there is no calf available, they use a goat in this manner."Corrections courtesy of Afghanistan.org.
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