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10 June 2009

The Toronto "Red" Star

Not afraid to ask the big questions...
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.

But the age-old sport is being nudged aside by about 100 kids in Kabul for a more Western passion: skateboarding.
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...
"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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